Review Article

Early Prognostic Utility of Gp210 Antibody-Positive Rate in Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

The US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality checklist for quality assessment of one-arm research.

Author and yearIs the case definition adequate?Representativeness of the cases?Selection of controlsDefinition of controlsComparability of cases and controls on the basis of the design or analysisAscertainment of exposureSame method of ascertainment for cases and controlsNonresponse rate

Itoh S. et al., 1998YesYesHospital controlsNo descriptionYesNo blind statusYesNo description
Nakamura M. et al., 2005YesYesHospital controlsNo descriptionYesNo blind statusYesNo description
Nakamura M. et al., 2007YesYesHospital controlsNo descriptionYesNo blind statusYesNo description
Yang J. et al., 2009YesYesHospital controlsNo descriptionYesNo blind statusYesNo description
Yang F. et al., 2017YesYesHospital controlsNo descriptionYesNo blind statusYesNo description