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. 2024 Jan-Mar;28(1):78–89. doi: 10.5935/1518-0557.20230044

Table 2.

Methodological Quality of Cross-sectional Studies (Newcastle Ottawa Scale).

Study Newcastle Ottawa Scale-items Score
Criteria
Selection Comparability 1a Results Total
1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Yang et al., 2010 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7
Tuckerman et al., 2010 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6
Karami et al., 2012 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Zhou et al., 2012 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Junovich et al., 2013 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 6
Ozkan et al., 2014 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Liu et al., 2014 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Saifi et al., 2014 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Chernyshov et al., 2014 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Santillán et al., 2015 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Dons’koi, 2015 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Galgani et al., 2015 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Saifi et al., 2016 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Wang et al., 2017 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
Yin et al., 2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Jiang et al., 2017 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
Kuon et al., 2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Fukui et al., 2017 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
Chen et al., 2017 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Chen et al., 2018 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Kolanska et al., 2019 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
Liu et al., 2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Koushaeian et al., 2019 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Donoghue et al., 2019 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Zhao et al., 2020 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Amjadi et al., 2020 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 6
Sauerbrunn-Cutler et al., 2021 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7
Comins-Boo et al., 2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Zhao et al., 2021 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 6
Kuroda et al., 2021 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Dons’koi et al., 2021 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6

Selection 1: Representativeness of the exposed cohort; Selection 2: Selection of the unexposed cohort; Selection 3: Exposure determination; Selection 4: Demonstration that the result of interest was not present in the baseline; Comparability 1a and 1b: Comparability of cohorts based on design or analysis; Results 1: Results assessment; Results 2: Follow-up of cohorts; Results 3: Adequacy of cohort follow-up.