The Association between Adiposity and the Risk of Glaucoma: A Meta-Analysis
Table 1
Quality assessment of each study.
Scale items
First author
M. Cristina Leske
Gavin S. Tan
Louis R. Pasquale
Paula Anne
K. Imai
Xuejuan Jiang
Lauren A. Wise
Hyung-Deok Jang
Florent Aptel
Mijin Kim
Seyed Ahmad
Hyun Tae Kim
Fatima Kyari
Fang Ko
Eytan Cohen
(1) Whether the study was cohort study
−
−
+
+
−
+
+
−
+
−
−
−
−
−
−
(2) Whether the study listed the inclusion and exclusion criteria
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
(3) Whether the study described the setting, locations, and relevant dates, including periods of recruitment, exposure, follow-up, and data collection
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
(4) Whether the study clearly define all outcomes, exposures, and potential confounders
+
+
−
−
+
+
+
+
−
+
+
+
+
+
+
(5) Whether the diagnosis of glaucoma was made by ophthalmologist (not based on self-reporting) or the IOP was measured by Goldmann applanation tonometer
+
+
+
+
−
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
(6) Whether the BMI/WC/WHR was measured by physician using standard method (not based on self-reporting)
+
+
−
−
+
+
−
+
−
+
+
+
+
+
−
(7) Whether the study described the characteristics of the study population
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
(8) Whether the study stratified BMI or WC or WHR into more than two stratifications
+
+
+
−
−
+
+
+
−
−
−
+
+
−
+
(9) Whether the study adjusted the confounding factors
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
(10) Whether the study discussed the limitation and potential bias of the study
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
−
+
+
+
+
Total
9
9
8
7
7
10
9
9
7
8
7
9
9
8
8
One point was allocated for above items, each item scoring 0 or 1, 1 being better. The studies with 8 scales or greater are considered the relatively high methodological quality.
