From: Thiazolidinedione use and atrial fibrillation in diabetic patients: a meta-analysis
Study, year | Study type | Randomisation Method | Blinding | Eligibility criteria reported | Study Population representative of normal practice | Method of follow-up properly defined | Equal follow-up between groups | Was loss to follow-up reported or explained | Prospective recruitment | Consecutive recruitment |
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PROactive, 2005 [12] | RCT | Randomised permuted blocks | Double | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Anglade, 2007 [13] | Case control | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No loss to follow-up | No | Yes |
RECORD, 2009 [14] | RCT | Randompermuted blocks | None | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Gu, 2011 [15] | Cohort | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No loss to follow-up | Yes | Yes |
Chao, 2012 [16] | Case control | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No loss to follow-up | No | Yes |
Liu, 2014 [17] | RCT | Computer | Double | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No loss to follow-up | Yes | Yes |
Pallisgaard, 2016 [18] | Cohort | NA | NA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No loss to follow-up | Yes | Yes |