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Table 2

Details of quality evaluation of the included studies via the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale.

Study	Representativeness of the exposed cohort	Selection of the nonexposed cohort	Ascertainment of exposure	Outcome not present at baseline	Control for age and sex	Control for other confounding factors	Assessment of outcome	Enough long follow-up duration	Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts	Total
Shibahashi [16]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	8
Lee [19]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	8
Koga [18]	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	7
Ji [17]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	8
Lucidi [20]	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	7
Kim [9]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Kim [19]	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
Seo [23]	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	7
Okada [25]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
Cox [24]	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8