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Table 2 Study quality of included studies according to EPHPP quality assessment tool [16]

From: Evaluation of pre-symptomatic nitisinone treatment on long-term outcomes in Tyrosinemia type 1 patients: a systematic review

Study

Global rating from sections A-F

Global rating for this study

A) Selection bias

B) Study design

C) Confounders

D) Blinding

E) Data collection methods

F) Withdrawals and drop-outs

Québec study

 Larochelle 2012 [10]

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

 Simoncelli 2015 [11]

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

Birmingham study

 Bartlett 2014 [17]

Strong

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Moderate

 McKiernan 2015 [14]

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Strong

Weak

 Santra 2008 [12]

Moderate

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Weak

Weak

International cohort

 Mayorandan 2014 [18]

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Moderate

Weak

Strong

Weak

Cross-sectional study

 Van Ginkel 2016 [19]

Weak

Weak

Weak

Moderate

Strong

Strong

Weak