Meta-Analysis
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World J Clin Cases. Apr 26, 2022; 10(12): 3787-3800
Published online Apr 26, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i12.3787
Table 2 Quality assessment of the included studies (n = 17)
No.
Ref.
Representativeness
Sample size justification
Non-response
Ascertainment of exposure
Control for confounding
Assessment of outcome
Statistical tests
Overall quality
1Ahmedani et al[33], 20151 star0 star0 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starSatisfactory
2Buja et al[36], 20201 star1 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
3Chakrabarti et al[22], 20211 star0 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
4Dharmarajan et al[29], 20131 star1 star0 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
5Dong et al[30], 20170 star0 star0 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starSatisfactory
6Faverio et al[31], 20201 star0 star0 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starSatisfactory
7Graversen et al[23], 20201 star1 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
8Graversen et al[24], 20211 star0 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
9Jain et al[34], 20181 star1 star0 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
10Jang et al[35], 20201 star1 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
11Knox[32], 20190 star0 star0 star1 star0 star1 star0 starUnsatisfactory
12Lee et al[25], 20171 star1 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
13Mather et al[11], 20131 star0 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
14Nagasako et al[27], 20140 star1 star0 star0 star0 star1 star1 starUnsatisfactory
15Shams et al[28], 20140 star1 star0 star1 star0 star1 star0 starUnsatisfactory
16Shorr et al[12], 20131 star1 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood
17Toledo et al[26], 20181 star0 star1 star1 star2 stars1 star1 starGood