Table 2.
Quality assessment of included cohort and cross-sectional studies using the NIH quality assessment tool
| Author, year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Quality rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suderman et al., 2016 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | NR | Yes | Good |
| Beckett et al., 2016 | Yes | Yes | NR | Yes | No | No | NA | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | NA | Yes | Fair |
| Harvey et al., 2014 | Yes | Yes | NR | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | NR | Yes | Fair |
| Novakovic et al., 2021 | Yes | Yes | NR | Yes | No | No | NA | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | NA | No | Good |
| Wjst et al., 2010 | Yes | Yes | NR | Yes | No | No | NA | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | NA | Yes | Good |
| O’Brien et al., 2018 | Yes | Yes | NR | Yes | No | Yes | NA | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | NA | Yes | Good |
NIH: National Institute of Health, NA: not applicable, NR: not reported