Review Article
Does Cataract Surgery Improve the Progression of Age-Related Macular Degeneration? A Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Evaluation of the quality of cohort studies included in the meta-analysis.
| | Author | Publish year | Study design | Selection | Comparability | Outcome | Score | | Representativeness of the exposed cohort | Selection of the nonexposed cohort | Ascertainment of exposure | Demonstration that outcome of interest was not present at start of study | Comparability of cohorts on the basis of the design or analysis | Assessment of outcome | Was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur? | Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts |
| | Pollack | 1996 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | | Lintje Ho | 2008 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Jie Jin Wang | 2003 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Sudha Cugati | 2006 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Jau-Der Ho | 2018 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Helena Buch | 2005 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Emily Y. Chew | 2009 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Jie Jin Wang | 2012 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Jie Jin Wang | 2016 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Ronald Klein | 2002 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Klein | 2012 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | | Ronald Klein | 1998 | Cohort | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
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