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Table 2 Quality assessment by QUADAS-2 of the included studies

From: Diagnostic accuracy of tests to detect Hepatitis C antibody: a meta-analysis and review of the literature

Reports

Bias assessment/Risk of bias

Acceptability concerns

Patient selection

Index test

Reference Standard

Flow and timing

Patient selection

Index test

Reference Standard

Al-Tahish et al.

2013

UC

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Bonacini et al.

2001

HR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Buti et al.

2000

UC

UC

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Caudai et al.

1998

HR

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

Cha et al.

2013

HR

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

Croom et al.

2006

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

LR

da Rosa et al.

2013

HR

UC

LR

LR

HR

UC

LR

Daniel et al.

2005

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Denoyel et al.

2004

UC

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

HR

Drobnik et al.

2011

LR

UC

LR

UC

LR

UC

LR

Eroglu et al.

2000

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Feucht et al.

1995

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Gao et al.

2014

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

LR

Hess et al.

2014

LR

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

Hui et al.

2002

HR

LR

HR

LR

HR

LR

HR

Ivantes et al.

2010

LR

UC

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

Jewett et al.

2012

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Dokuboa et al.

2014

UC

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

Kant et al.

2012

HR

UC

HR

LR

HR

UC

HR

Kaur et al.

2000

LR

UC

HR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Kim et al.

2013

UC

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

Kosack et al.

2014

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Lakshmi et al.

2007

UC

LR

LR

UC

HR

LR

LR

Larrat et al.

2012

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Lee et al.

2010

LR

UC

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

Lee et al.

2011

HR

UC

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Maity et al.

2012

HR

UC

HR

LR

HR

UC

HR

Montebugnoil et al.

1999

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Mvere et al.

1996

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Nalpas et al.

1992

HR

LR

LR

UC

HR

LR

LR

Njouom et al.

2006

HR

UC

LR

LR

HR

UC

LR

Nyirenda et al.

2008

LR

UC

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

O’Connell et al.

2013

HR

LR

HR

LR

HR

LR

LR

O’Flynn et al.

1997

UC

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

LR

Park et al.

2012

UC

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

LR

Poovorawari et al.

1994

LR

UC

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Prayson et al.

1993

UC

LR

LR

UC

UC

LR

LR

Rihn et al.

2000

UC

LR

LR

UC

UC

LR

LR

Scalioni et al.

2014

UC

LR

LR

UC

UC

LR

LR

Smith et al.

2011

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Smith et al.

2011

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Sommese et al.

2014

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Lee et al.

2010_2

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

LR

Ibrahim et al.

2015

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Tagny et al.

2014

LR

UC

HR

LR

LR

UC

HR

Vrielink et al.

1995

UC

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

Vrielink et al.

1995_2

UC

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Yang et al.

2011

UC

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

Yang et al.

2013

LR

LR

LR

UC

LR

LR

LR

Yarri et al.

2006

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

Yoo

2015

UC

LR

LR

HR

UC

LR

LR

Yuen et al.

2001

HR

LR

LR

LR

HR

LR

LR

  1. N;otes: LR low risk, HR high risk, UC unclear risk