Table 4 Adapted Newcastle-Ottawa assessment scale for cohort studies
No | Study | Selection | Compatibility | Outcome | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representativeness of the exposed cohort | Selection of the non-exposed cohort | Ascertainment of exposure | Demonstration that outcome of interest was not present at start of study | On age | On other risk factors | Assessment of the outcome | Duration of follow-up | Adequacy of follow-up of cohortsa | |||
maximum | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||||||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
4 | Shankar et al. 2017 [23] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
5 | Bowyer et al. 2018 [24] | 1 | N/Ab | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
7 | Maskarinec et al. 2019 [15] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
15 | Turpin et. al 2022 [31] | 1 | N/Ab | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
16 | De Filippis et al. 2015 [11] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
17 | Calabrese et al. 2023 [33] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |