Review Article

Effect of Acupuncture on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Animal Models: A Systematic Review

Table 2

SYRCLE risk of bias tool for included studies.

Study ID12345678910Total

Stener-Victorin (2003) [18]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Mannerås (2008) [19]UYUYUUUUYY4Y6U
Peng (2008) [20]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Zhang (2008) [21]UUUUUUUYYY3Y7U
Zhang (2009)_1 [22]UUUUUUUYYY3Y7U
Zhang (2009)_2 [23]UUUUUUUYYY3Y7U
Johansson (2010) [23]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Feng (2012) [24]UUUYUUUYYY4Y6U
Li (2012) [25]UUUYUUUYYY4Y6U
Johansson (2013) [26]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Sun (2013) [27]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Benrick (2014) [28]UUUUUUUUYY2Y8U
Lai (2014) [29]YYUYUUUYYY6Y4U
Chen (2015) [30]YYUYUUUYYY6Y4U
Maliqueo (2015) [31]UUUYUUUYYY4Y6U
Zheng (2015) [32]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Lai (2016) [33]YUUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Li (2016) [34]UUUUUUUYYY3Y7U
Lin (2016) [35]UUUUUUUYYY3Y7U
Maliqueo (2017) [36]UUUYUUUYYY4Y6U
Meng (2018) [37]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Xu (2018) [38]YYUYUUUYYY6Y4U
Shi (2019) [39]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Xu (2019) [40]YYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Yu (2019) [41]YUUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Zhou (2019) [42]UUUYUUUYYY4Y6U
Xu (2020) [14]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U
Huang (2020) [43]UUUYUUUYYY4Y6U
Kuang (2020) [44]UUUYUUUYYY4Y6U
Peng (2020) [13]UUUYUUUYYY4Y6U
Tong (2020) [45]UYUYUUUYYY5Y5U

Y = yes; N = no; U = unclear. 1: sequence generation; 2: baseline characteristics; 3: allocation concealment; 4: random housing; 5: blinding; 6: random outcome assessment; 7: blinding; 8: attrition bias; 9: reporting bias, and 10: other biases.