Table 3. Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment of the included studies.
Study | Selection | Comparability | Outcome | ||||||
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Representativeness of the exposed cohort | Selection of the non-exposed cohort | Ascertainment of exposure | Outcome of interest was presented | Assessment of outcome | Follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur | Adequacy of follow up of cohorts | Scores | ||
Roayaie 1998[24] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 5 | |||
Jan 2005[25] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Jiang 2010[26] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 7 | |
Shen 2011[27] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 7 | |
Wu 2012[28] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 | |
Ribero 2012[30] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 7 | |
Bhudhisawasdi 2012[29] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 7 | |
Li 2013[32] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 9 |
Liu 2013[31] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Sur 2014[33] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 7 | |
Miura 2015[34] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Li 2015[14] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 9 |
Okumaura 2016[36] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Luvira 2016[35] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 6 | ||
Hammad 2016[12] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Jeong 2017[13] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 7 | |
Tran 2017[39] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Schweitzer 2017[37] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Reames 2017[9] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 9 |
Zheng 2018[11] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Lee 2019[16] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 8 |
Sahara 2019[38] | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | ★ | 6 |