Table 2.
Selection | Comparability | Outcome | |||||||
Representativeness of the exposed cohort | Selection of nonexposure group | Exposure confirmation | Outcome events before the start of the study | Comparability between research design and structure | assessment of outcome | was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur | adequacy of follow-up of cohort | Total | |
Blair CK[16] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Wernli KJ[17] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Li Y[18] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Fraser DM[11] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Barron TI[19] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Barron TI[20] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Bradley MC[21] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Shiao J[22] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Mc Menamin MC[23] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Wang T[24] | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Frisk G[25] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Cronin-Fenton DP[26] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Bens A[27] | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |