Assessments of risk of bias in systematic reviews of observational nutritional epidemiologic studies are often not appropriate or comprehensive: a methodological study

• Russell J de Souza,
• Dena Zeraatkar,
• Anna Miroshnychenko,
• Joseph Beyene,
• Emily Sirotich,
• Rita E Morassut,
• Daeria Lawson,
• Alana Kohut,
• Arrti Bhasin,
• Isabella Churchill,
• Arnav Gupta,
• Komal Aryal,
• Maria Azab

Affiliations

Russell J de Souza

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Dena Zeraatkar

Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Anna Miroshnychenko

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Joseph Beyene

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Emily Sirotich

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Rita E Morassut

Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Daeria Lawson

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Alana Kohut

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Arrti Bhasin

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Isabella Churchill

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Arnav Gupta

Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Komal Aryal

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Maria Azab

McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada