Table 3.
Quality assessment of studies included in the systematic review
| Author, year | SELECTION | COMPARABILITY | OUTCOME | TOTAL SCORE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative-ness of the exposed | Selection of the non- exposed | Ascertainment of exposure | Outcome of interest was not present at start of intervention | Comparability of cohorts on the basis of the design or analysis | Assessment of outcome | Follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur | Adequacy of follow up of cohorts | ||
| Self-reported intentional weight loss | |||||||||
| Luo, 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Parker, 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Weight cycling | |||||||||
| Welti, 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Nagle, 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Stevens, 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Trentham-Dietz, 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Bariatric Surgery | |||||||||
| Mackenzie, 2018 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Anveden, 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Schauer, 2017 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Ward 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Ostlund, 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Adams, 2009 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Christou, 2008 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |