TableĀ 2

Summary of Downs Black Scale for cohort studies

Risk of biasReference 4Reference 22Reference 23Reference 24 (inter)Reference 24 (intra)
Reporting (accuracy and detail)9/118/118/119/119/11
External validity (representativeness)3/31/31/32/31/3
Internal validity (bias)3/73/73/73/73/7
Internal validity (selection bias)2/61/63/62/62/6
Power2/50/50/52/50/5
Total19/3213/3215/3218/3215/32