Table 3.
Quality assessment scores for the studies included in this meta-analysis.
First Author (year) | Selection | Comparability | Exposure | Total Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
Butali, 2011 [28] | *** | * | *** | 7 |
Pan, 2011 [13] | *** | ** | *** | 8 |
Fontoura, 2012 [23] | ** | * | ** | 5 |
Huang, 2012 [20] | **** | * | *** | 8 |
Ludwig, 2014 [26] | **** | - | *** | 7 |
Mi, 2014 [21] | *** | ** | *** | 8 |
Babu Gurramkond, 2015 [24] | *** | ** | *** | 8 |
do Rego Borges, 2015 [27] | **** | - | *** | 7 |
Reiter, 2015 [25] | *** | * | *** | 7 |
Sun, 2015 [22] | **** | * | *** | 8 |
Each asterisk means one point.