Research Article
Aqueous Humor Mediator and Cytokine Aberrations in Diabetic Retinopathy and Diabetic Macular Edema: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Assessment of the quality of the included studies using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale (NOS).
| | First author | Quality evaluation | Case definition | Representativeness | Selection of controls | Definition of controls | Comparability | Ascertainment of exposure | Same method | Nonresponse rate |
| | Shinoda | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Endo | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Funk | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Oh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Lee | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Cheung | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Jonas | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Gverović Antunica | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Umazume | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Dong | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Fulgêncio Cunha | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Kocabora | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Vujosevic | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Chen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Wu | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Noma | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Khuu | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | | Houssen | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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