Table 3. Quality of the included studies.
No. | Reference | Selection | Compatibility | Exposure | |||||
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Is the Case Definition Adequate? | Representativeness of the Cases | Selection of Controls | Definition of Controls | Ascertainment of Exposure | Same method of ascertainment for cases and controls | Non-Response Rate | |||
1. | Bottieau et al., 2006 | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ |
2 | de Laval et al., 2010 | ✵ | ✵ | ✵✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ||
3. | Hwang et al., 2014 | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ |
4. | Langford et al., 2015 | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ |
5. | Ramos et al., 2016 | ✵ | ✵✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | |||
6. | Rojo-Marcos et al., 2018 | ✵ | ✵ | ✵✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ||
7. | Rojo-Marcos et al., 2014 | ✵ | ✵ | ✵✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ||
8. | Wangdahl et al., 2019 | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵✵ | ✵ | ✵ | ✵ |