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. 2024 Feb 28;24:201. doi: 10.1186/s12877-024-04668-0

Table 2.

Quality assessment and risk of bias of included studies

Cross-sectional studies
Author Year Selection Comparability Outcome Score Quality
Representativeness Selection Ascertainment Adjustment for confounders Assessment Response rate
Bruce 2015 * * * * - - 4 High
Chiba 2015 * * * * * - 5 High
Rashedi 2019 * - * * - - 3 Low
Tilling 2005 * * - * * * 5 High
Cohort studies
Author Year Selection Comparability Outcome Score Quality
Representativeness Selection Ascertainment Outcome Adjustment for confounders Assessment Duration Completeness of follow-up
Maurer 2005 * * * * * * * * 8 High
Pijpers 2011 * * * * * * * * 8 High
Randolph 2019 * * - - * * * * 6 High
Roman de Mettilinge 2013 * * * * * - * - 6 High
Schwartz 2002 * * * * * * * - 7 High
Schwartz 2008 * * * * * * * * 8 High
Volpato 2005 * * * * * * * * 8 High
Yau 2013 * * * * * * * - 7 High

Source: Research data, 2022.