Table 2
Shows the Bias Assessment MINORS assessment tool.
| Study ID | Study Design | 1) A clearly stated aim | 2) Inclusion of consecutive patients | 3) Prospective collection of data | 4) Endpoints appropriate to the aim of the study | 5) Unbiased assessment of the study endpoint | 6) Follow-up period appropriate to the aim of the study | 7) Loss to follow-up less than 5% | 8) Prospective calculation of the study size | 9) An adequate control group (Comparative studies only) | 10) Contemporary groups (Comparative studies only) | 11) Baseline equivalence of groups (Comparative studies only) | 12) Adequate statistical analyses (Comparative studies only) | Total Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee et al., 2020 [10] | Retrospective study | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13/16 |
| Vaishy et al., 2020 [11] | Retrospective study | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 11/16 |
| Khurana et al., 2024 [6] | Prospective Cohort Study | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12/16 |
| Liu et al., 2018 [7] | Retrospective study | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14/16 |
| Peshang et al., 2024 [12] | Prospective cohort study | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14/16 |
| Iltar et al., 2010 [13] | Prospective cohort study | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12/16 |
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