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. 2020 Aug 12;127(2):143–152. doi: 10.1111/bju.15146

Table 4.

The Newcastle‐Ottawa Scale for all studies that included in the quantitative synthesis.

Study Sample size, n Selection Comparability Outcome Total
Wang et al. (2020) [16] 236 **** ** ** 8
Jaidane et al. (2010) [5] 170 **** ** ** 8
Ham et al. (2009) [3] 203 *** ** ** 7
Park et al. (2009) [17] 189 **** ** ** 8
Ugurlu et al. (2007) [12] 65 **** * ** 7
Tsivian et al. (2003)* [4] 51 *** * ** 6
Vicente et al. (1988) [13] 200 *** * ** 6
Laor et al. (1981) [14] 287 ** ** ** 6
Greene et al. (1972) [15] 200 *** * ** 6

Each asterisk (*) represents an individual criterion within the subsection that was fulfilled.

[Correction added on 14 August 2020, after first online publication: A reference has been amended in this version.]