Table 3 Risk of bias assessment.

From: Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in perinatal arterial ischemic stroke: systematic review of preclinical studies

 

1. Selection bias–Sequence generation

2. Selection bias–Baseline characteristics

3. Selection bias– Allocation concealment

4. Performance bias–Random housing

5. Performance bias–Blinding

6. Detection bias–Random outcome

7. Detection bias–Blinding

8. Attrition bias–Incomplete outcome data

9. Reporting bias–Selective outcome reporting

10. Other–Other sources of bias

Blinding mentioned

Randomization mentioned

Sample size calculation

Ethical approval mentioned

Conflict of interest statement mentioned

Cho et al. (2016)34

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Ding et al. (2015)22

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Ding et al. (2017)23

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Larpthaveesarp et al. (2021)37

?

Low

?

?

?

?

Low

?

?

?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Kim et al. (2012)35

?

Low

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

High

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Lee et al. (2010)36

?

?

?

?

?

?

Low

?

?

High

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Li et al. (2014)24

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Ohshima et al. (2015)40

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

High

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Sakai et al. (2018)41

?

Low

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

van Velthoven et al. (2017)38

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

van Velthoven et al. (2013)33

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

van Velthoven et al. (2010)29

?

?

?

?

?

?

Low

?

?

?

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

van Velthoven et al. (2010)31

?

?

?

?

?

?

Low

?

?

High

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

van Velthoven et al. (2010)32

?

?

?

?

?

?

Low

?

?

High

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

van Velthoven et al. (2012)30

?

?

?

?

?

?

Low

?

?

?

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Wei et al. (2015)39

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Xia et al. (2010)25

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yang et al. (2020)28

Low

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Zhang et al. (2014)26

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

High

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Zhou et al. (2015)27

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

  1. ? = unclear risk of bias; Low = low risk of bias; High = high risk of bias.