Table 2 Quality assessment of studies in 2nd study set for meta-analyses using Newcastle-Ottawa Scale
Author | Year | Selection | Compatibility | Outcomes | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
Liu et al.[10] | 2004 | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | - | ▲▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | 8 |
Franco et al.[25] | 2011 | â–² | â–² | â–² | - | â–² | â–² | â–² | â–² | 7 |
Wu et al. [26] | 2011 | â–² | â–² | â–² | - | â–² | â–² | â–² | â–² | 7 |
Smith et al.[27] | 2006 | â–² | â–² | â–² | - | â–² | â–² | â–² | â–² | 7 |
Haan et al.[28] | 2004 | â–² | â–² | â–² | - | â–² | â–² | â–² | â–² | 7 |
Ekeh et al.[30] | 2005 | â–² | â–² | â–² | - | â–² | â–² | â–² | â–² | 7 |
Wu et al.[32] | 2008 | â–² | â–² | â–² | - | â–² | â–² | â–² | â–² | 7 |
Killeen et al.[53] | 2001 | â–² | â–² | â–² | - | â–² | â–² | â–² | â–² | 7 |
Gaarder et al.[56] | 2006 | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | - | ▲▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | 8 |
Cooney et al.[57] | 2005 | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | - | ▲▲ | ▲ | ▲ | ▲ | 8 |