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Table 2 Quality scoring components for five clinical trials included in the meta-analysis

From: Meta-analysis of selective laser trabeculoplasty versus topical medication in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma

 

Quality score component

Score

First Author (year)

I

II

III

IV

V

Over all

Percentage (%)

Lai(2004)

11

2

5

3

3

24

75.00 %

Nagar(2005)

11

3

4

3

3

24

71.88 %

McIlraith(2006)

9

2

4

2

2

19

59.38 %

Nagar(2009)

11

3

4

3

3

24

71.88 %

Katz(2012)

11

3

4

3

3

24

71.88 %

  1. I = reporting; II = external validity; III = bias (seven items); IV = confounding; V = power
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BMC Ophthalmology

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