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Table 2 Quality assessment of included studies

From: Short-term effects of intragastric balloon in association with conservative therapy on weight loss: a meta-analysis

References

Randomization

Allocation concealment

Blinding

Attrition described

preliminary analysis

ITT analysis

Adverse events report

Jadad score

Lindor et al. (1987) [15]

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

4

Ramhamadany et al. (1989) [16]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

5

Geliebter et al. (1991) [17]

Yes

Unclear

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

2

Martinez-Brocca et al. (2007) [18]

Yes

Unclear

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

5

Konopko-Zubrzycka (2009) [19]

Yes

Unclear

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

2

Farina et al. (2012) [20]

Yes

Unclear

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

2

Lee et al. (2012) [21]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

4

Fuller et al. (2013) [22]

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

3

Ponce et al. (2013) [23]

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

3

Mathus-Vliegen and Eichenberger (2014) [24]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

4

Mohammed et al. (2014) [25]

Yes

Unclear

No

Yes

Yes

Unclear

Yes

2