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. 2022 Mar 3;16(1):53–60. doi: 10.14444/8177

Table 2.

Quality of cohort studies assessed based on modified Newcastle-Ottawa scaling.

A. Selection B. Comparability of Cohorts C. Outcome
Study Representiveness/Effectiveness of Exposed Cohort Selection of Nonexposed Ascertainment of Exposure Outcome Not Present at Start Adjustment for Confounding/Bias?Adjustment ≥3 = YesAdjustment ≤3 = No Assessment of Outcome Length of Follow-Up Appropriate? Adequate of Follow-Up of Cohort?
Kim et al, 201210 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Stoker et al, 20135 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Ravindra et al, 20152 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Martins et al, 201711 YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES
Ravindra et al, 201912 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Donnally et al, 201913 YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
Xu et al, 202014 YES YES YES YES NO YES YES YES