Table S1. Quality Assessment Using QUADAS Questionnaire

Q1
Spectrum Composition / Q2 Selection
criteria / Q3 Appropriate
reference
standard / Q4
Disease
progression
bias / Q5
Partial
verification
bias / Q6
Differential
verification
bias / Q7 Incorporation
bias / Q8
Test
execution
details / Q9 Reference
execution
details / Q10 Test
review
bias / Q11 Diagnostic
review bias / Q12 Clinical
review bias / Q13 Uninterpretables
results / Q14 Withdrawals
Original Articles
Fierbinteanu-Braticevici et al. 200923 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Friedrich-Rust et al. 200924 / yes / yes / yes / no / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Lupsor et al. 200925 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Goertz et al. 201026 / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Haque et al. 201027 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / no / yes / yes / unclear / no / unclear
Kuroda et al. 201028 / yes / yes / yes / unclear / yes / no / yes / yes / no / unclear / unclear / yes / no / unclear
Osaki et al. 201029 / no / yes / yes / unclear / yes / no / yes / yes / no / unclear / unclear / yes / yes / yes
Takahashi et al. 201030 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Yoneda et al. 201031 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Ebinuma et al. 201132 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Grgurevic et al. 201133 / no / yes / yes / unclear / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / unclear / yes / yes
Karlas et al. 201134 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Palmeri et al. 201135 / yes / yes / yes / unclear / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / unclear / unclear / yes / yes / yes
Piscaglia et al. 201136 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Rifai et al. 201137 / no / yes / yes / no / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Rizzo et al. 201138 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Sporea et al. 201139 / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / unclear / unclear / yes / yes / yes
Sporea et al. 201140 / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / unclear / unclear / yes / yes / yes
Toshima et al. 201141 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / unclear
Colombo et al. 201242 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Friedrich-Rust et al. 201243 / yes / yes / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Abstracts
Hsu et al. 2009 44 / unclear / no / yes / unclear / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear
Crespo et al. 2010 45 / no / no / yes / no / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear
Ferlitsch et al. 2010 46 / unclear / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / yes / yes
Rossini et al. 2010 47 / unclear / no / yes / unclear / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear
Song et al. 201048 / unclear / no / yes / unclear / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear
Sporea et al. 201049 / no / unclear / yes / unclear / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear
Yoon et al. 2010 50 / unclear / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / no / yes / yes / unclear / yes / unclear
Fierbinteanu-Braticevici et al. 201151 / unclear / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / yes / yes
Friedrich-Rust et al. 201152 / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes
Kandiah et al. 201153 / unclear / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear
Pfeifer et al. 201154 / unclear / no / yes / unclear / yes / yes / yes / no / no / yes / yes / unclear / no / unclear
Sporea et al. 201155 / no / no / yes / unclear / yes / no / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / yes / unclear
Tanaka et al. 201156 / unclear / no / yes / yes / yes / yes / yes / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear
Yoshioka et al. 201157 / unclear / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear
Young et al. 201158 / unclear / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / no / unclear / unclear / unclear / no / unclear