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Table 4 Newcastle–Ottawa quality (NOS) assessment scale for studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Metabolic profile of women with PCOS in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

Selection

Comparability

Exposure

Azevedo (23)

2011

****

**

***

Carvalho (31)

2017

****

**

***

Cerqueira (24)

2010

**

*

***

Costa (25)

2008

***

*

***

Graff (44)

2017

****

*

***

Kogure (32)

2012

****

**

***

Radavelli − Bagatini (45)

2013

****

*

***

Ramos (46)

2015

****

**

***

Rocha (39)

2011

****

**

***

Simões (41)

2017

****

**

***

Wiltgen (47)

2009

****

**

***

Xavier (42)

2018

***

*

***

  1. Quality of selection (minimum 1–maximum 4 stars); Comparability (minimum 0–maximum 2 stars); Exposure (minimum 1–maximum 3 stars)