Table 4. NOS scores.
Study | Selection (4 stars) | Comparability (2 stars) | Exposure (3 stars) | Total score (9 stars) |
---|---|---|---|---|
da Silva, 2014a[28] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 3 stars | 9 stars |
da Silva, 2014b[29] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 2 stars | 8 stars |
Vetrano, 2014[19] | 3 stars | 1 star | 3 stars | 7 stars |
Sanchez-Rodriguez, 2014[20] | 3 stars | 0 star | 2 stars | 5 stars |
Sánchez-Rodríguez, 2015[27] | 3 stars | 0 star | 3 stars | 6 stars |
Tanimoto, 2013[33] | 3 stars | 2 stars | 3 stars | 8 stars |
Arango-Lopera, 2013[30] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 2 stars | 8 stars |
Landi, 2013[21] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 2 stars | 8 stars |
Landi, 2012a[22] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 2 stars | 8 stars |
Landi, 2012b[23] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 3 stars | 9 stars |
Cerri, 2015[24] | 3 stars | 2 stars | 2 stars | 7 stars |
Woo, 2015[34] | 3 stars | 2 stars | 2 stars | 7 stars |
Bianchi, 2015[25] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 2 stars | 8 stars |
Chalhoub, 2015[31] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 1 star | 7 stars |
Saka, 2015[26] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 3 stars | 9 stars |
Cawthon, 2015[32] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 1 star | 7 stars |
Kim, 2014[35] | 4 stars | 2 stars | 2 stars | 8 stars |