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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Risk of bias in each study evaluated by Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS)

From: Hormone replacement therapy in women and risk of carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review and metaanalysis

First author, year

Selection

Comparability

Exposure

Total

Is the case definition adequate

Representativeness of the cases

Selection of controls

Definition of controls

 

Ascertainment of exposure

Same method of ascertainment for cases and controls

Non-response rate

Tang, 2022 [6]

 

*

 

*

**

*

*

*

*******

Ricco, 2016 [14]

*

*

*

*

**

 

*

*

********

Geoghegan, 2004 [16]

 

*

 

*

**

*

*

*

*******

Ferry, 2000 [15]

 

*

 

*

**

*

*

*

****

***

Solomon, 1999 [11]

 

*

 

*

**

*

*

*

*******

Dieck, 1985 [13]

 

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

****

**

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