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. 2018 Sep 20;11:6057–6069. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S169488

Table 2.

NOS for risk of bias assessment of studies included in the meta-analysis

Reference Selection
Comparibility Outcome
Overall
Representative Selection Ascertainment of exposure Demonstration Outcome Follow-up Adequacy follow-up
Luketich et al,9 2012 7
Brown et al,10 2017 8
Hao et al,17 2014 6
Nguyen et al,18 2008 7
Chen et al,192017 7
Hou et al,202017 7
Zhai 20 1 521 8
wu et al,22 2014 7
Lin et al,23 2014 7
Mei et al,24 2016 7
wei 20 1 625 8
Rajan et al,26 2010 6
Schmidt et al,27 2017 8
Chang et al,28 2018 7

Note: “★” means score one point, “☆” means score zero point.

Abbreviation: NOS, Newcastle–Ottawa Scale.