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. 2020 Feb 5;12:819–839. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S200687

Table 3.

Quality Assessment of the Selected Studies

S.No Criteria Bad (0–33%) Satisfactory (33–66%) Good (67–100%)
1 The objective of this paper stated 17 studies
2 Study population clearly specified 17 studies
3 Participation rate of eligible persons at least 50% 17 studies
4 Eligibility criteria 17 studies
5 Sample size justification 17 studies
6 miRNA Exposure assessed before outcome measurement 17 studies
7 Timeframe sufficient for the patients (OS, DFS or MFS) 17 Studies
8 Different levels of the exposure of interest (mode of treatment) Six studies 11 studies
9 Exposure measures and assessment (staging of cancer, TNM) Three studies 19 studies
10 Repeated exposure assessment Seven studies Ten studies
11 Outcome measures (HR, and CI) One study 16 studies
12 Blinding of outcome assessors NA NA NA
13 Follow-up rate Five studies 12 studies
14 Statistical analysis 22 studies
Total selected studies 0 1 16