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Table 2  Newcastle–Ottawa scale for the assessment of the quality of studies included

From: Metabolic syndrome and esophageal cancer risk: a systematic review and meta‑analysis

Cohort study

Author (year)

Selection

Comparability

Outcome

Total

1

Duggan (2013) [25]

***

*

**

6

2

Ko (2016) [26]

****

*

***

8

3

Lin (2015) [27]

****

*

**

7

4

Lindkvist (2014) [15]

****

*

***

8

Case–control study

Author (year)

Selection

Comparability

Exposure

Total

1

Drahos (2016) [14]

****

*

**

7

2

Drahos (2017) [24]

****

*

**

7