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. 2017 Apr 10;8(35):59878–59888. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.17001

Table 3. Quality assessment of eligible studies with Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

First author Year NOS Selection Comparability Outcome
Bian 2015 6 ★★★* ★★*
Chang 2015 8 ★★★ ★★ ★★★
Cinti 2008 7 ★★★ ★★ ★★
Han 2011 7 ★★★* ★* ★★★
Kobayashia 2006 6 ★★★ ★★*
Liang 2015 6 ★★* ★★* ★★*
Luber 2011 7 ★★★ ★★★*
Murakami 2007 8 ★★★ ★★ ★★★*
Murayama 2009 8 ★★★ ★★* ★★★
Nam 2003 6 ★★★* ★★ ★*
Sasaki 2014 7 ★★ ★★ ★★★*
Sukawa 2012 7 ★★★* ★★★*
Xue 2012 6 ★★★ ★* ★★

*The score was produced by discussion.