Table 2 Results of quality assessments
Author | Year | Is the case definition adequate? | Representativeness of the cases | Selection of Controls | Definition of Controls | Comparability | Ascertainment of exposure | Same method of ascertainment for cases and controls | Non-Response rate | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maria Luisa Barcena de Arellano | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Fair |
Fiorella Bucci | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
Aimee S. Browne | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Good |
Bárbara Herranz-Blanco | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Fair |
Andrea Giannini | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Poor |
Sri Ratna Dwiningsih | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Good |
Shaojie Ding | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Good |
Yu | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Good |
Wessels | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Fair |
Stefani | 2019 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Fair |
Perricos | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Good |
Liang | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Poor |