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No. 15

Task: Specify any assessment of risk of bias relating to the accumulated body of evidence, including any pertaining to not obtaining IPD for particular studies, outcomes or other variables.

Text: Risk of bias across the studies is not assessed formally, but issues relating to the non-availability of IPD (for example, because it is not supplied for unpublished studies) is discussed as necessary in each report.