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Table 2
Study quality assessment (Newcastle–Ottawa scale).
| Study | Selection | Comparability | Outcome | Total no. of stars | Exposed cohort | Nonexposed cohort | Ascertainment of exposure | Outcome of interest | Assessment of outcome | Length of follow-up | Adequacy of follow-up |
| Cohort studies | Okada et al. [19] | | | | | | | | | 9 | Bradshaw et al. [21] | | | | | | | | | 9 | Kuiper et al. [22] | | | | | | | | — | 8 | Hardee et al. [23] | | | — | | | | | | 8 | Bao et al. [24] | | | | | | — | | | 8 | Gunnell et al. [25] | | | — | | | | | | 8 | Baade et al. [26] | | | | | — | | | | 7 | Irwin et al. [27] | — | | | | | | | | 8 |
| Case-control studies | Study | Selection | Comparability | Exposure | Total no. of stars | Definition of cases | Representativeness of cases | Selection of controls | Definition of controls | Assessment of outcome | Method of ascertainment | Nonresponse rate |
| Abbott et al. [20] | | | | | | | | — | 8 |
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