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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 16.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Feb;31(2):149–156. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000001263

Table 2.

Quality assessment of included studies using Newcastle Ottawa Scale

References Selection
Comparability
Outcome
Quality
Representativeness of exposed cohort Selection of nonexposed cohort Ascertainment of exposure Outcome not present at start Adjustment for primary and secondary factors Assessment by record linkage Long enough follow up for outcome to occur Adequacy of follow-up
Hezode et al. [16] X X X XX X X X High quality
Hezode et al. [17] X X X XX X X X High quality
Ishida et al. [29] X X X XX X X X High quality
Brunett et al. [28] X X X X XX X X X High quality
Liu et al. [32] X X X XX X X X High quality
Kelly et al. [31] X X X X XX X X X High quality
Adejumo et al. [27] X X X XX X Moderate quality
Kim et al. [30] X X X XX X Moderate quality
Nordmann et al. [33] X X X XX X X X High quality

X, a point given in scale; XX, no point given in scale.