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. 2017 Mar 12;2017:5019367. doi: 10.1155/2017/5019367

Table 2.

NOS score of included studies.

Column Entries First author
Li, 2005 Zhang, 2006 Zhang, 2007 Wan, 2012 Li, 2010 Luo, 2011 Zhan, 2014 Zhu, 2015
Section Is the definition adequate
Representativeness of the cases
Selection of controls
Definition of controls

Comparability Comparability of cases and controls on the basis of the design and analysis
Ascertainment of exposure

Exposure Same method of ascertainment for cases and controls
Nonresponse rate

Total scores 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7