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Association of HLA-DR1, HLA-DR13, and HLA-DR16 Polymorphisms with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Quality of included studies was assessed according to the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.
| Study | Adequate definition of cases | Representativeness of cases | Selection of control subjects | Definition of control subjects | Control for important factor | Exposure assessment | Same method of ascertainment for all subjects | Nonresponse rate | Total |
| Fojtíková et al. [15] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Furukawa et al. [16] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Garcia-Silva et al. [17] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Goldstein and Sengar [18] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Hachicha et al. [19] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Hrycek et al. [20] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Katkam et al. [21] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | Kim et al. [22] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Lu et al. [23] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Mohd-Yusuf et al. [24] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Naves et al. [25] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | Reveille et al. [26] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Rood et al. [27] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Selvaraja et al. [28] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Vasconcelos et al. [29] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Wadi et al. [30] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Yao et al. [31] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Zhang et al. [32] | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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