Review Article

Implications and Mechanisms of Antiviral Effects of Lactic Acid Bacteria: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Quality assessment of the experimental studies included in the meta-analysis (the Cochrane tool).

AuthorRandom sequence generationAllocation concealmentBlinding of participants and personnelBlinding of outcome assessmentIncomplete outcome dataSelective reporting

Freedman et al. [24]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Shin et al. [25]High riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concern
Ou et al. [26]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Allam et al. [27]High riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concern
Palma et al. [28]Some concernSome concernHigh riskLow riskLow riskSome concern
Mohseni et al. [29]Low riskLow riskLow riskHigh riskLow riskLow risk
Wang et al. [30]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
D’Ettorre et al. [31]High riskLow riskSome concernHigh riskLow riskSome concern
Fujii et al. [32]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Gleeson et al. [33]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Tapiovaara et al. [34]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
D’Ettorre et al. [35]Some concernSome concernLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Sugimura et al. [36]High riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Niekerk et al. [37]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concern
Lee et al. [38]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concern
Lehtoranta et al. [39]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Luoto et al. [40]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Gautam et al. [41]High riskSome concernLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concern
Santiago et al. [42]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concern
Kumpu et al. [43]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Verhoeven et al. [44]High riskSome concernLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Hummelen et al. [45]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Nagata et al. [19]High riskSome concernLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concern
Grandy et al. [46]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Teran et al. [47]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concerns
Fang et al. [48]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concerns
Dubey et al. [49]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Matsuzaki et al. [50]High riskSome concernsLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concerns
Sarker et al. [51]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Mastretta et al. [52]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
rWolf et al. [53]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Heli Majamaa [54]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concerns
De Boeck et al. [55]High riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskSome concerns
Dellino et al. [56]Low riskLow riskHigh riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Di Pierro et al. [57]Low riskLow riskSome concernsSome concernsLow riskSome concerns
Gutiérrez-Castrellón et al. [58]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Koesnoe et al. [59]High riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk
Mullish et al. [60]Low riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow riskLow risk