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Fig. 3 | Systematic Reviews

Fig. 3

From: Assessing risk of bias in human environmental epidemiology studies using three tools: different conclusions from different tools

Fig. 3

Summary of risk of bias judgments (good, adequate, deficient, critically deficient) using the IRIS framework for the human studies included in our case series. The justification for risk of bias designations for individual studies are provided in Tables S3-S17. Kappa value was 58% (95% confidence interval 48-69%). Note: For individual domains double plus sign indicates good, single plus sign indicates adequate, single minus sign indicates deficient, and double minus sign indicates critically deficient. For overall study confidence double plus sign indicates high, single plus sign indicates medium, single minus sign indicates low, and double minus sign indicates uninformative study quality

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