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Numbers of papers remaining after each stage of the selection process of the systematic review |
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| Raw hits from all sources |
2,026 |
| Number of studies reviewed for inclusion criteria after reading the title |
121 |
| Number of studies excluded because: administration was not oral of pharmacological interventions they did not report the result of a clinical trial clinical trials were not randomised results already reported in another paper (duplicate reports) |
-23 -13 -30 -2 -2 |
| Number of RCTs found during the reviewing process by serendipity and added to the review |
+2 |
| Number of RCTs matching inclusion criteria and reviewed here |
53 |
| Number of negative RCTs that concerned nutritional intervention for which no positive RCT was found |
-11 |
| Number of RCTs the quality of which was scored (Table 3) |
42 |
Ameye and Chee Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006 8:R127 doi:10.1186/ar2016 |
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