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. 2021 Aug 17;13(8):2821. doi: 10.3390/nu13082821

Table 3.

Quality Assessment of Cohort Studies.

Study Did the Study Address a Clearly Focused Issue? Was the Cohort Recruited in an Acceptable Way? Was the Exposure Accurately Measured to Minimize Bias? Was the Outcome Accurately Measured to Minimize Bias? Have the Authors Identified All Important Confounding Factors? Have They Accounted for the Confounding Factors in the Design and/or Analysis? Was the Follow-up of Subjects Complete Enough? Was the Follow-up of Subjects Long Enough? Are the Results Precise? Do You Believe the Results? Can the Results Be Applied to the Local Population? Do the Results of This Study Fit with Other Available Evidence? Are there Implications of This Study for Practice?
Daniels et al., 2020 [12] Yes Can’t tell Yes Yes Yes Yes Can’t tell Can’t tell Yes Yes Can’t tell Yes Can’t tell
Drake et al., 2021 [13] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Godfrey et al. [14] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Gonzalez-Nahm et al., 2017 [25] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Marshall et al., 2018 [4] Yes Yes Yes Yes Can’t tell Yes Can’t tell Yes Can’t tell No No No No
McCullough et al., 2015 [6] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Can’t tell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
McCullough et al., 2017 [3] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Can’t tell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Miyaso et al., 2017 [16] Yes Can’t tell Can’t tell Yes No Yes Can’t tell Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Thakali et al., 2020 [22] Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Can’t tell Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Trumpff et al., 2021 [23] Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yan et al., 2019 [24] Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

The study quality and bias assessment was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) Cohort Study Checklist [11].