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 |