*<p>1 indicates case definition and diagnostic appropriate; 2, consecutive patients or case having a good representation; 3, community controls; 4, control with no the history of study disease; 5A, according to the most important factor to select and analyze control; 5B, according to the second important factor to select and analyze control; 6, ascertainment of exposure by blinded interview or record; 7, same method of ascertainment used for cases and controls; and 8, non-response rate the same for cases and controls.</p
<p>‘Y’ denotes ‘yes’ and ‘N’ denotes ‘no’. Quality items: 1) Definition of case; 2) Representativene...
<p>Quality Assessment of Included Randomized Controlled Trials <i>(n = 22)</i>.</p
Quality assessment of the included studies based on the quality in Prognosis Studies tool.</p
<p>*1 indicates case definition or ascertainment of exposure; 2, representativeness of the cases or ...
<p>1, indicates case definition and appropriate diagnosis; 2, consecutive patients or cases have a g...
<p>Quality assessment of included case-control, RCT, and longitudinal studies.</p
<p>(1) End points: A, Endpoints appropriate to the aim of the study; B, no description about endpoin...
Methodological quality of studies included in the final analysis based on the NOS for assessing the ...
<p>S1: Selection1-is the case definition adequate; S2: Selection2-representativeness of the cases; S...
*<p>Selection:</p><p>(1)Is this case definition adequate? A, yes, with independent validation; B, ye...
<p>Quality evaluation of included studies (n = 68) according to reported clinical data.</p
<p>Quality assessment of included studies: Risk of bias (A) and overall assessment of risk of bias (...
Study quality assessment of included studies, in accordance with the Framework of Potential Biases [...
<p>Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) assessments of the quality of included...
<p>Assessment of quality of all included studies for systematic review and meta-analysis.</p
<p>‘Y’ denotes ‘yes’ and ‘N’ denotes ‘no’. Quality items: 1) Definition of case; 2) Representativene...
<p>Quality Assessment of Included Randomized Controlled Trials <i>(n = 22)</i>.</p
Quality assessment of the included studies based on the quality in Prognosis Studies tool.</p
<p>*1 indicates case definition or ascertainment of exposure; 2, representativeness of the cases or ...
<p>1, indicates case definition and appropriate diagnosis; 2, consecutive patients or cases have a g...
<p>Quality assessment of included case-control, RCT, and longitudinal studies.</p
<p>(1) End points: A, Endpoints appropriate to the aim of the study; B, no description about endpoin...
Methodological quality of studies included in the final analysis based on the NOS for assessing the ...
<p>S1: Selection1-is the case definition adequate; S2: Selection2-representativeness of the cases; S...
*<p>Selection:</p><p>(1)Is this case definition adequate? A, yes, with independent validation; B, ye...
<p>Quality evaluation of included studies (n = 68) according to reported clinical data.</p
<p>Quality assessment of included studies: Risk of bias (A) and overall assessment of risk of bias (...
Study quality assessment of included studies, in accordance with the Framework of Potential Biases [...
<p>Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) assessments of the quality of included...
<p>Assessment of quality of all included studies for systematic review and meta-analysis.</p
<p>‘Y’ denotes ‘yes’ and ‘N’ denotes ‘no’. Quality items: 1) Definition of case; 2) Representativene...
<p>Quality Assessment of Included Randomized Controlled Trials <i>(n = 22)</i>.</p
Quality assessment of the included studies based on the quality in Prognosis Studies tool.</p