Review Article
The Impact of Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Febrile Seizures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Risk of bias assessment of the included studies according to the modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS).
| | NOS items | Goksugur, S.B. | Yazar, A. | Yigit, Y. | Gaoli, C. | Liu, Z. 2018 | Balikoglu, P. | Cokyaman, T. | Khosravi, S. | Kubota, J. | Liu, Z. 2020 | Mhaibes, S. | Moral, R. | Ornek, Z. | Pooja, A. | Kurniawan, A. | Meiling, G. | Yoldas, M. |
| | Selection | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Is the case definition adequate? | | | | • | | | | • | | • | | • | | • | • | • | | | Representativeness of the cases | | | | • | | | • | • | | • | | • | | • | • | • | • | | Selection of controls | | | | | | | | | | • | | • | | • | | • | | | Definition of controls | | • | | | | | | | | • | | | | • | | | | | Comparability | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Study controls for the most important factor | | | | • | | • | | | | | | | | | • | | | | Study controls for the second important factor | | | | | | | | • | | | | | | • | | | | | Exposure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Was the measurement method of NLR described? | • | • | • | | | | | • | • | • | • | • | • | | | • | • | | Were the methods of measurements similar for cases and controls? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Nonresponse rate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Total score | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
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