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Table 2 Risk of bias summary for each study included in the meta-analysis

From: Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists for heart failure: systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

Allocation concealment

Blinding

Intention to treat analysis

Loss to follow-up (%)

Early trial termination

Akbulut

2003

Unclear

No

Yes

0.0

No

Boccanelli

2009

Yes

Yes

Yes

6.2

No

Chan

2007

Unclear

Yes

Yes

0.0

No

Cicoira

2002

Unclear

Yes

Yes

6.6

No

Deswal

2011

Yes

Yes

No

4.3

No

Edelmann

2013

Yes

Yes

Yes

1.2

No

Edwards

2009

Unclear

Yes

No

2.7

No

Zannad

2011

Yes

Yes

Yes

1.2

Yes

Pitt

2003

Yes

Yes

Yes

0.3

No

Gao

2007

Yes

Yes

Yes

0.0

No

Pitt

2013

No (open label Aldactone)

Yes

Yes

0.0

No

Pitt

1999

Yes

Yes

Yes

0.0

Yes

Pitt

2014

Yes

Yes

Yes

3.8

No

Udelson

2010

Yes

Yes

Yes

0.0

No

Vizzardi

2014

Yes

No

Yes

0.0

No