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. 2024 Apr 4;19(4):e0292726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292726

Table 2. Quality assessment of eligible studies Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) score.

Author Country Selection Comparability Outcome Total
Adequate of case definition Representativeness of the cases Selection of Controls Definition of Controls Comparability of cases and controls Ascertainment of exposure Same method of ascertainment Non-Response rate
Xiao XH 2020 China * * * * * * * * 8
He XZ 2016 China * * * * ** * * * 9
Tong LF 2019 China * * * * * - * - 6
Chen L 2020 China * * * * * * * * 8
Zhao WG 2020 China * * * * * * * * 8
Bing ZX 2021 China * * * * * * * * 8
Zhang XD 2020 China * * * * * * * * 8
Fu Y 2019 China * * * * * * * * 8
Yan RC 2019 China * * * * * * * * 8
Li M 2019 China * * * * ** * * * 9
Bai Y 2019 China * * * * * * - - 6
Qu CX 2019 China * * * * * * - - 6