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Table 2 Quality assessment of the studies

From: Comparison of exenatide alone or combined with metformin versus metformin in the treatment of polycystic ovaries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author (year)

Type of study

Factor of downgrade

Factor of escalation

Level of evidence

Risk of bias

Inconsistency

Indirectness

Imprecision

Publication bias

Elkind-Hirsch. K et al., 2008 [31]

RCT

-1

0

0

-1

0

0

Low

Li. R.Y et at 2020 [17]

RCT

-1

0

0

0

0

0

Medium

Li. R et al.,2022 [16]

RCT

-1

0

0

0

0

0

Medium

Liu. X et al.,2017 [18]

RCT

-1

0

0

0

0

0

Medium

Tao. T et al.,2021 [32]

RCT

-1

0

0

0

0

0

Medium

Wang. J et al., 2017 [33]

RCT

-1

0

0

-1

0

0

Low

Zheng. S et al.,2017 [10]

RCT

0

0

0

0

-1

0

Medium

Zheng. S et al.,2019 [20]

RCT

0

0

0

-1

0

0

Medium

Ma. R. L et al.,2021 [21]

RCT

-1

0

0

0

0

0

Medium