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Table 1 Risk of bias assessment

From: Does human milk composition predict later risk of obesity? A systematic review

Included

papers

Reporting

External Validity

Internal Validity—Bias

Internal Validity –

Confounding

Power

Score

Rating

Brunner et al. 2015 [28]

8

2

5

3

0

18

De Fluiter et al. 2021 [34]

8

0

3

2

0

13

Ellsworth et al. 2020 [29]

6

1

5

2

0

14

Gridneva et al. 2018 [30]

7

0

4

2

1

14

Gridneva et al. 2018 [19]

7

0

4

2

1

14

Gridneva et al. 2019 [31]

7

0

4

2

1

14

Meyer et al. 2017 [32]

8

2

5

3

0

18

Miralles et al. 2006 [33]

4

0

3

0

0

7

Olga et al. 2022 [35]

8

0

2

2

1

13

Prentice et al. 2016 [18]

7

3

4

3

0

17

  1. Results from risk of bias assessment using the modified Downs and Black checklist. Scores between 15 – 19 was considered fair ( ), and scores ≤ 14 was considered low ( )