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. 2017 Jul 25;9(7):e1511. doi: 10.7759/cureus.1511

Table 4. Risk of bias assessment.

The risk of bias assessments was performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale Risk of Bias Assessment tool [23].

  Patel, et al. [29] Silk, et al. [30] Mathew, et al. [31] Knisely, et al. [32]
Representativeness of exposed cohort        
Selection of non-exposed cohort        
Ascertainment of  exposure * * * *
Outcome of  interest not present at start of study        
Comparability (max 2) * * * *   * *
Assessment of outcome * * * *
Adequacy of follow-up duration * * * *
Adequacy of follow-up completeness * * * *
Total score (max 9) 6/9 6/9 4/9 6/9