Table 2. Methodological assessment by Newcastle-Ottawa scale.
Study | Selection | Comparability | Outcome | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Behrem | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Beketic | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Chen | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Chuang | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Dales | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Dassoulas | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
El-Gohary | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Erdem | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Huang | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Koyama | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Kyzas | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Li | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Lin | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Lovato | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Marioni | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Martinovic | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Martone | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Mineo | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Miyata | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Nikiteas | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Randall | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Rau | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Saad | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Sakurai | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Saroufim | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Taskiran | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Vayrynen | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
Yoshitomi | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Zhou | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Zvrko | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Number indicates a quality score assessed from published articles.