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. 2020 Jan 16;9(1):205–229. doi: 10.12997/jla.2020.9.1.205

Table 3. Quality assessment of cohort studies based on the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Cohort study (n=17) Selection Comparability Outcome Total
Representative exposed cohort Selection of non-exposed cohort Assessment of exposure No presence of outcome of interest at start of study Comparability of cohorts Assessment of outcome Long enough follow-up for outcomes Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts
Kim and Kim (2018)47 - - ☆☆ 7
Song et al. (2017)85 - - 6
Kim et al. (2019)50 - ☆☆ - 7
Baik et al. (2010)28 - ☆☆ 8
Son et al. (2019)83 - ☆☆ - - 6
Park et al. (2017)69 - ☆☆ - - 6
Lee and Park (2018)57 - - 6
Jang et al. (2018)39 - ☆☆ - - 6
Kwak et al. (2019)53 - ☆☆ - 7
Shin et al. (2013)74 - ☆☆ - 7
Kim and Kim (2017)44 - - ☆☆ 8
Kang and Kim (2017)43 - ☆☆ 8
Jeon and Park (2019)40 - ☆☆ - - 6
Chae et al. (2019)30 - ☆☆ - 7
Shin et al. (2019)76 - ☆☆ 8
Lee et al. (2019)56 - ☆☆ 8
Song et al. (2018)86 - - ☆☆ 7