The Morphology of Impacted Maxillary Central Incisors: A Systematic Review by Guoda Mockutė, Gustė Klimaitė, Dalia Smailienė

“…The literature search was carried out using PubMed (Medline database), Cochrane Library, ProQuest, Web of Science and Science Direct electronic databases with no publication date restrictions up to July 2021. …”
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Association between omentin and obstructive sleep apnea: A meta‐analysis by Ningning She, Na Liu, Xiaoyong Ren, Haiqin Liu

“…Meta‐analysis indicated that there was no publication bias in this study. The omentin levels were significantly lower in OSA patients. …”
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Incidence of constipation and associated factors in the period of lockdown during COVID-19 pandemic: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Sha Yang, Juan Juan Zhang, Ran Sun, Sha Guo

“…To evaluate potential publication bias, we will use both the Begg funnel plot and Egger’s weighted regression statistics. …”
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Prevalence of Frailty in Elderly Patients with Comorbidity: a Meta-analysis by LIN Yang, WANG Fang, WANG Han, WU Rong, WANG Yao, XU Ziyao, WANG Xu, WANG Yanding

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The spatial and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 from the built environment of COVID-19 patient rooms: A multicentre prospective study. by Michael Fralick, Madison Burella, Aaron Hinz, Hebah S Mejbel, David S Guttman, Lydia Xing, Jason Moggridge, John Lapp, Alex Wong, Caroline Nott, Nicole Harris-Linton, Rees Kassen, Derek R MacFadden

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Interventions to increase follow-up of abnormal cervical cancer screening results: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. by Melissa Lopez Varon, Yimin Geng, Bryan M Fellman, Catherine Troisi, Maria E Fernandez, Ruosha Li, Belinda Reininger, Kathleen M Schmeler, Emma Allanson

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The prevalence of occupational injury and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yoseph Merkeb Alamneh, Abriham Zegeye Wondifraw, Ayenew Negesse, Daniel Bekele Ketema, Tadesse Yirga Akalu

“…Studies that reported the prevalence of occupational injury were included for this systematic review and meta-analysis. The Newcastle-Ottawa quality assessment tool scale for cross-sectional studies was used for the critical appraisal of the studies. …”
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Reactogenicity and immunogenicity of heterologous prime-boost immunization with COVID-19 vaccine by Thuy Trang Nguyen, Trang Ho Thu Quach, Thanh Mai Tran, Huynh Ngoc Phuoc, Ha Thi Nguyen, Tuong Kha Vo, Giau Van Vo

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Optimizing the frequency of physician encounters in follow - up care for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review by Wanchun Xu, Ivy Lynn Mak, Ran Zhang, Esther Yee Tak Yu, Amy Pui Pui Ng, David Tak Wai Lui, David Vai Kiong Chao, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong, Cindy Lo Kuen Lam, Eric Yuk Fai Wan

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Ambulatory arterial stiffness index, mortality, and adverse cardiovascular outcomes; Systematic review and meta‐analysis by Christopher J. Boos, Aung Hein, Ahmed Khattab

“…Two investigators independently extracted data. The Newcastle‐Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to assess the quality of all included articles. …”
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Relationship between polymorphisms in homologous recombination repair genes RAD51 G172T、XRCC2 & XRCC3 and risk of breast cancer: A meta-analysis by Jiayang Yu, Chun-Guang Wang

“…The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) checklist was used to assess all included non-randomized studies. …”
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Hyperprogressive disease in patients suffering from solid malignancies treated by immune checkpoint inhibitors: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Zijun Zhao, Jin Bian, Junwei Zhang, Ting Zhang, Xin Lu

“…The Newcastle–Ottawa scale was used to assess the quality of the included studies. …”
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The role of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in the management of locally advanced cervix cancer: a systematic review by Mohammed Osman

“…The data source included the USA national library of medicine, Medline search, and the National Cancer Institute PDQ Clinical Protocols. …”
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Risk factors for cardiovascular events in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: protocol for a systematic review by Jing Pang, José Luis Sánchez-Ramos, Gerald F Watts, María Elena Mansilla-Rodríguez, Manuel J Romero-Jimenez, Alina Rigabert Sánchez-Junco, Eva Nadiedja Gutierrez-Cortizo, Pedro Mata

“…This systematic review will investigate the risk factors that predict cardiovascular events in patients with a genetic diagnosis of heFH.Methods and analysis Our literature search will cover publications from database inception until June 2023. …”
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Clinical Outcomes with Antiviral Prophylaxis or Preemptive Therapy for Cytomegalovirus Disease after Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by yang hui, cui xiangli, wang xin, qiu shuang, liu lihong

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Preventive effects of 13 different drugs on colorectal cancer: a network meta-analysis by Qi Fu, Huini Liao, Zhihao Li, Xing Chen, Xuan Zhang, Ji Di

“…The funnel plot was used to analyze publication bias. A network meta-analysis of the extracted data was conducted using Stata16.0 software. …”
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Smoking and risk of negative outcomes among COVID-19 patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Adinat Umnuaypornlert, Sukrit Kanchanasurakit, Don Eliseo III Lucero-Prisno, Surasak Saokaew

“…There was no evidence of publication bias, which was tested by the funnel plot, Begg’s test and Egger’s test. …”
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Analyzing the Safeguarding Our Communities Act: Patch for Patch Return Policy in Ontario by Soo-Min Kim

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Skeletal muscle atrophy in clinical and preclinical models of chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Ashley D. Troutman, Eliott Arroyo, Elizabeth M. Sheridan, Duncan J. D'Amico, Peyton R. Brandt, Rachel Hinrichs, Xiwei Chen, Kenneth Lim, Keith G. Avin

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Predictors of patient survival following liver transplant in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Adam Minich, Fakhar Ali Qazi Arisar, Noor-ul Saba Shaikh, Leanne Herman, Amirhossein Azhie, Ani Orchanian-Cheff, Keyur Patel, Sareh Keshavarzi, Mamatha Bhat

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