Table 1.
Items | Wszolek, 2011 | Yun, 2012 | Ratert, 2013 | Pignot, 2013 | Wang, 2015 | Martínez-Fernández, 2015 | Liu, 2018 | Wu, 2018 |
Selection ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆☆ |
Representativeness of the exposed cohort | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
Selection of the non-exposed cohort | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
Ascertainment of exposure | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
Outcome of interest was not present at start of study | ☆ | NA | NA | NA | ☆ | NA | NA | ☆ |
Comparability ☆☆ | ☆☆ | ☆☆ | ☆☆ | ☆☆ | ☆ | ☆☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
Outcome ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆☆ | ☆☆ | ☆☆ | ☆☆ |
Assessment of outcome | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ |
Follow-up time was long enough for outcomes to occur | ☆ | NA | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | NA | ☆ | NA |
Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | ☆ | NA | ☆ |
Total scores | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
NA = not available.