Table 2.
Authors/yr of publication | Newcastle–Ottawa scale | ||||||||
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Representativeness of the exposed cohort | Selection of the unexposed cohort | Ascertainment of exposure | Outcome of interest not present at start of study | Control for important factor or additional factor | Outcome assessment | Follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur enough for outcomes to occur | Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts | Total scores | |
Hay/2008 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | 8 |
Lee/2013 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | 9 |
Donatini/2016 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | 8 |
Dobrinja/2017 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | - | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | 7 |
Kim/2017 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | 8 |
Kwon/2017 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | 8 |
Xu/2018 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | 8 |
Jeon/2019 | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | 9 |