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["Study","1. Were the two groups similar and recruited from the same population?","2. Were exposures measured in a similar way to assign people to exposed and unexposed groups?","3. Was the exposure measured in a valid and reliable manner?","4. Were confounding factors identified?","5. Were strategies to address confounding factors stated?","6. Were the participants free of the outcome at the beginning of the study?","7. Were the outcomes measured in a valid and reliable manner?","8. Was the follow-up time reported and sufficient for the outcomes to occur?","9. Was the follow-up complete? If not, were the reasons for loss described and explored?","10. Were strategies used to address incomplete follow-up?","11. Was appropriate statistical analysis used?"]
["Bertolotti et al,\n2020, French\nWest Indies","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","unclear","no","yes","yes","unclear","yes"]
["Blettery et al,\n2016, Martinica","unclear","unclear","unclear","yes","no","unclear","yes","yes","unclear","no","no"]
["Bouquillard et al,\n2018, France","unclear","yes","yes","yes","no","yes","no","no","no","no","unclear"]
["Chang et al,\n2018, Colombia","unclear","yes","unclear","yes","yes","unclear","no","yes","unclear","unclear","yes"]
["Chopra et al,\n2012, India","unclear","yes","unclear","unclear","no","unclear","unclear","yes","unclear","no","yes"]
["Chopra et al,\n2008, India","unclear","yes","unclear","no","no","no","unclear","yes","no","no","unclear"]
["Ganu et al, 2009,\nIndia","unclear","yes","yes","yes","no","yes","unclear","yes","yes","no","yes"]
["Gutierrez-Rubio\net al, 2014,\nPhilippines","unclear","yes","no","no","no","yes","unclear","yes","unclear","unclear","yes"]
["Hoarau et al,\n2010, France","unclear","yes","yes","no","no","unclear","yes","unclear","no","no","yes"]
["Javelle et al,\n2015, France","unclear","unclear","yes","yes","no","yes","unclear","yes","no","no","unclear"]
["Manimunda et al,\n2010, India","unclear","yes","unclear","yes","no","yes","yes","yes","no","no","yes"]
["Mathew et al,\n2011, India","no","yes","yes","yes","no","yes","no","yes","unclear","no","no"]
["Nayak et al,\n2020, India","no","yes","yes","no","yes","yes","yes","yes","unclear","unclear","yes"]
["Paul et al, 2011,\nIndia","no","yes","no","no","no","yes","yes","yes","yes","no","no"]
["Rodriguez-\nMorales et al,\n2016, Colombia","no","yes","yes","yes","no","unclear","no","no","unclear","no","yes"]
["Segura-Charry et\nal, 2020,\nColombia","no","yes","yes","no","no","unclear","unclear","yes","yes","no","yes"]
["Sissoko et al,\n2009, France","no","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","no","yes","unclear","unclear","yes"]
["Tritsch et al,\n2019, Colombia","no","yes","unclear","yes","no","unclear","unclear","yes","unclear","no","unclear"]
["Fuentes-Silva et\nal, 2017,\nVenezuela","no","yes","unclear","no","no","unclear","unclear","yes","no","no","yes"]
["Gutierrez-Rubio\net al, 2014,\nPhilippines","unclear","unclear","no","no","no","yes","unclear","yes","unclear","unclear","unclear"]
["Gupta et al,\n2018, India","unclear","yes","yes","no","no","no","unclear","yes","unclear","no","no"]
["Rahim et al,\n2010, India","no","unclear","unclear","no","no","unclear","unclear","yes","unclear","no","unclear"]
["Hossain et al,\n2022,\nBangladesh","unclear","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","no","yes"]
["Benjamanukul et al, 2021, Thailand","unclear","yes","yes","unclear","yes","unclear","unclear","unclear","unclear","no","yes"]

{"sheet":"bias_case-control","index":1,"n_rows":5,"n_cols":11,"rows_kept":5}
["Study","1. Were the groups comparable aside from the presence of the disease/condition in the cases or absence in the controls?","2. Were the cases and controls adequately matched?","3. Were the same criteria used to identify cases and controls?","4. Was the exposure measured in a standardized, valid, and reliable manner?","5. Was the exposure measured in the same way for cases and controls?","6. Were confounding factors identified?","7. Were strategies to address confounding factors stated?","8. Were outcomes assessed in a standardized, valid, and reliable manner for cases and controls?","9. Was the period of exposure of interest long enough to be meaningful?","10. Was appropriate statistical analysis used?"]
["Banerjee et al,\n2018, India","unclear","yes","yes","yes","unclear","no","unclear","yes","yes","yes"]
["Chow et al,\n2010, Singapore","no","unclear","unclear","yes","yes","no","yes","unclear","no","yes"]
["Medina-Cíntron\net al, 2021,\nPuerto Rico","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes"]
["Patel et al, 2019,\nIndia","unclear","unclear","yes","unclear","unclear","no","no","unclear","unclear","no"]

{"sheet":"bias_cross-sectional","index":2,"n_rows":11,"n_cols":9,"rows_kept":11}
["Study","1. Were the criteria for inclusion in the sample clearly defined?","2. Were the study subjects and context described in detail?","3. Was the exposure measured in a valid and reliable manner?","4. Were objective and standardized criteria used to measure the condition?","5. Were confounding factors identified?","6. Were strategies to address confounding factors stated?","7. Were the outcomes measured in a valid and reliable manner?","8. Was appropriate statistical analysis used?"]
["Abella et al,\n2019, Colombia","yes","yes","unclear","yes","yes","no","unclear","unclear"]
["Anna Genaro et\nal, 2020, Brazil","yes","yes","not applicable","yes","unclear","unclear","yes","yes"]
["Chang et al,\n2018, Colombia","yes","yes","unclear","yes","yes","no","yes","unclear"]
["Hayd et al, 2020,\nBrazil","unclear","yes","yes","yes","no","no","yes","yes"]
["O'Sullivan et al,\n2018, Jamaica","yes","yes","no","yes","unclear","no","yes","yes"]
["Alam et al, 2018,\nPakistan","unclear","yes","no","unclear","no","no","unclear","unclear"]
["Hamza. Alam et al, 2018, Pakistan \n","no","unclear","no","yes","no","unclear","yes","yes"]
["Salgado et al,\n2018, Brazil","unclear","yes","no","unclear","no","no","unclear","no"]
["Bossy et al,\n2020, French\nCarribean","yes","unclear","unclear","yes","no","no","unclear","no"]
["Watson et al,\n2021, Brazil","yes","yes","yes","yes","yes","no","unclear","yes"]