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. 2011 Apr 20;34(5):1238–1244. doi: 10.2337/dc11-0079

Table 2.

Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment scale for cohort studies

Study reference (author, year) Selection Comparability Outcome
Type 2 diabetes
 Sasaki, 1989 (19) **** * ***
 Hanis, 1993 (16) **** * ***
 Miettinen, 1996 (7) *** * ***
 Forsblom, 1998 (20) *** * ***
 Klein, 1999 (4) **** * **
 Kim, 2002 (21) *** * ***
 Ono, 2002 (22) *** * ***
 Rius Riu, 2003 (23) **** * ***
 Gimeno-Orna, 2006 (24) *** * ***
 Cheung, 2007 (25) **** * ***
 Cheung, 2007 (26) **** * ***
 Lövestam-Adrian, 2007 (27) *** * **
 Juutilainen, 2007 (28) **** * ***
 Tong, 2007 (29) *** * ***
 Cheung, 2008 (30) **** * ***
 Liew, 2009 (31) **** * ***
 Gimeno-Orna, 2009 (32) *** * ***
Type 1 diabetes
 Klein, 1999 (4) **** * **
 Weis, 2001 (33) *** * ***
 Torffvit, 2005 (34) **** * ***
 Soedamah-Muthu, 2008 (5) **** * ***