Review Article

Cytokine Profile in Chronic Periodontitis Patients with and without Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Quality assessment using Newcastle-Ottawa scale of the included studies.

InvestigatorsSelectionComparabilityExposureTotal score

Duzagac et al. [17]☆☆☆☆☆☆☆8
Gonçalves et al. [19]☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆8
Pradeep et al. [20]☆☆☆☆☆☆☆7
Pradeep et al. [21]☆☆☆☆☆☆☆7
Öngöz Dede et al. [22]☆☆☆☆☆☆6
Patel and Raju [23]☆☆☆☆6
Fadel et al. [24]☆☆☆☆☆6
Zimmermann et al. [6]☆☆☆☆☆☆7
Pradeep et al. [25]☆☆☆☆☆☆☆7
Pradeep et al. [26]☆☆☆☆☆☆☆7
Modéer et al. [16]☆☆☆☆☆6