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Pooled estimate of excess risk for coronary heart disease or stroke in patients with bronchiectasis (BE) and a quality assessment of the studies. The quality assessment was performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, with a maximum of four stars for group selection, two stars for group comparability and three stars for outcome ascertainment. HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval.
