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. 2018 May;10(5):2857–2865. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.04.137

Table 2. Risk of bias assessment of the included cohort studies.

Author, year Selection Comparability Outcome Total score
Exposed cohort Non-exposed cohort Ascertainment of exposure Outcome of interest Assessment of outcome Length of follow-up Adequacy of follow up
Okada et al., 2006 7
Jiang et al., 2013 8
Maniwa et al., 2013 7
Shapiro et al., 2013 ☆☆ 7
Adachi et al., 2017 ☆☆ 8

Risk of bias was evaluated with use of the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. A score of 7 or higher indicates a low risk of bias.