The allocation of risk was affected by the quality of reporting as outlined by Halbert and colleagues [24].
Furthermore, it was felt that quality appraisal, summary of findings and specific outcomes of individual studies was better conducted within a formal systematic review, and we have distinguished evidence maps and systematic reviews in part on this level of data extraction and reporting as outlined earlier.
†Performed in only 8 serum samples with IFAT indeterminate results; 2/8 (25%) reported symptoms as outlined in Table 1.
Patients will be considered to have probable AR if they report symptoms as outlined above in (1) and (2) but have not been diagnosed or treated by a physician.
National lactase phenotype distributions (n=54) were derived from a variety of published reports as outlined, 16/54 (30%) were derived from Itan et al, 24 calculated lactase rates were 2%, while national rates for LP/LNP frequencies were estimated in 13%.
Our Meta-study will be guided by the reporting standards as outlined in the ENTREQ criteria (Enhancing Transparency in Reporting the Synthesis of Qualitative Research).
In addition to the biometric measures, we assess several social, demographic, and patient reported outcome variables, as outlined in Table 2, that can be analyzed as secondary outcomes.
Third, our study relied on self-report, which, as outlined above, may have resulted in social desirability bias for questions probing sensitive details.
Moreover, we followed the guidelines for reporting observational studies, as outlined by the STROBE Initiative [ 39].
