Review Article

The Effect of Bariatric Surgery on Circulating Levels of Oxidized Low-Density Lipoproteins Is Apparently Independent of Changes in Body Mass Index: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Quality of bias assessment of the included papers in accordance with the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.

StudySelectionComparabilityExposure
Case definitionRepresentativeness of the casesSelection of controlsDefinition of controlsComparability of cases and controlsAscertainment of exposureSame method of ascertainmentNonresponse rate

Ho et al. 2021
Carmona-Maurici et al. 2020
Coimbra et al. 2019
Gómez-Martín et al. 2018
Kelly et al. 2016
Van der Schueren et al. 2015
Müller-Stich et al. 2015
Martín-Rodríguez et al. 2014
Julve et al. 2014
Garrido-Sánchez et al. 2008
Uzun et al. 2004

Only for comparability a maximum of two stars can be given.