The rationale for rating risk of bias should be fully reported: response

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¹ NIHR CLAHRC West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2NT, UK; University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK. Electronic address: penny.whiting@bristol.ac.uk.
² NIHR CLAHRC West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2NT, UK; University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK.

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Penny Whiting et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug:76:239.

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.008. Epub 2016 Mar 24.

¹ NIHR CLAHRC West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2NT, UK; University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK. Electronic address: penny.whiting@bristol.ac.uk.
² NIHR CLAHRC West, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, 9th Floor, Whitefriars, Lewins Mead, Bristol BS1 2NT, UK; University of Bristol, School of Social and Community Medicine, Canynge Hall, 39 Whatley Road, Bristol BS8 2PS, UK.

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ROBIS: A new tool to assess risk of bias in systematic reviews was developed.
Whiting P, Savović J, Higgins JP, Caldwell DM, Reeves BC, Shea B, Davies P, Kleijnen J, Churchill R; ROBIS group. Whiting P, et al. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Jan;69:225-34. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.06.005. Epub 2015 Jun 16. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016. PMID: 26092286 Free PMC article.
The rationale for rating risk of bias should be fully reported.
Faggion CM Jr. Faggion CM Jr. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016 Aug;76:238. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.03.007. Epub 2016 Mar 24. J Clin Epidemiol. 2016. PMID: 27034096 No abstract available.