Table 2 Newcastle–ottawa quality assessment scale for cohort studies
From: Prognostic value of SS18–SSX fusion type in synovial sarcoma; systematic review and meta-analysis
References | Selection | Comparability | Outcome | Total score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assessment of outcome | Follow-up long enough for outcomes | Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts | ||||
Panagopoulos et al. (2001) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Mezzelani et al. (2001) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Ladanyi et al. (2002) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Guillou et al. (2004) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Takenaka et al. (2008) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
ten Heuvel et al. (2009) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Sun et al. (2009) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Krieg et al. (2011) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Charbonneau et al. (2013) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Ren et al. (2013) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |