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. 2021 Jun 29;16(6):e0253894. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253894

Table 2. Risk of bias assessment—Modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale [10].

Study ID, Year Selection Outcome NOS
Did the sample represent the whole cases of interest? Was the diagnosis correctly made Was the other important diagnosis excluded? Were all the important data cited in the report Was the outcome correctly ascertained
Guang Chen [16], 2020 - + + + + 4/5
Yong Gao [18], 2020 - + + + - 3/5
Zhongliang Wang [19], 2020 - + + - - 2/5
Chuan Qin [20], 2020 + + + + + 5/5
Chen Lei [22], 2020 - + + + + 4/5
Ruirui Wang [23], 2020 + + + + + 5/5
Zhe Zhu [24], 2020 + + + + + 5/5
Xiaohua Chen [25], 2020 - + + + - 3/5
Ming Ding [26], 2020 - + + + + 4/5
Tao Chen [27], 2020 + - + + + 4/5
Lang Wang [28], 2020 + - + + + 4/5
Fei Zhou [29], 2020 + + + + + 5/5
Haiying Sun [30], 2020 + + + - - 3/5
Junli Fan [31], 2020 - - + + + 3/5
Chen LD, 2020 [46] + + + + + 5/5
Chen R, 2020 [43] + + + + + 5/5
Chi Y, 2020 [79] - + + + + 4/5
Guirao JJ, 2020 [33] - + + - + 3/5
Hu ZJ, 2020 [80] - + + + - 3/5
Huang Z, 2020 [44] - + + + - 3/5
Li X, 2020 [47] + + + + + 5/5
Liu D, 2020 [81] + + + + - 4/5
Ozsurekci Y, 2020 [34] - + + + + 4/5
Xu X, 2020 [48] + + + + + 5/5
Zeng YL, 2020 [45] - + + - - 2/5
Zeng Z, 2020 [49] + + + + + 5/5
Zhao C, 2020 [82] + + + + - 4/5
Zou L, 2020 [83] + + + + - 4/5
Myhre PL, 2020 [13] - + + + + 4/5
Laguna-Goya R, 2020 [15] + + + + + 5/5
Chen F, 2020 [36] + - + + + 4/5
Chen H, 2020 [37] + + + + + 5/5
Gadotti AC, 2020 [14] - + + + - 3/5
Ke C, 2020 [35] - - + + + 3/5
Li C, 2020 [38] + + + - + 4/5
Luo M, 2020 [39] + - + + + 4/5
Mandel M, 2020 [32] - + + - + 3/5
Wang ZH, 2020 [40] - + + + - 3/5
Zhang L, 2020 [42] - + + + + 4/5
Zhang B, 2020 [41] - + + + - 3/5

NOS = Newcastle-Ottawa Scale