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Prognostic value of programmed cell death ligand 1 expression in patients with intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a meta-analysis
Published 2023-04-01“…The quality of the studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Publication bias was assessed using a funnel plot and Egger’s test.ResultsTen trials with 1944 cases were included in this meta-analysis. …”
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Association between cigarette smoking and mortality in patients with hip fracture: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2022-12-01“…Study quality was assessed by the modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) and publication bias was evaluated by a funnel plot, Begg’s and Egger’s tests. …”
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Oncological Response and Predictive Biomarkers for the Checkpoint Inhibitors in Castration-Resistant Metastatic Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published 2021-12-01“…Methods: Based on the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement, a systematic review of the literature was conducted through online electronic databases and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Meeting Library. Eligible publications were selected after a staged screening and selection process. …”
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Prognostic significance of blood-based PD-L1 analysis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer undergoing immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: a systematic review and meta-analy...
Published 2023-10-01“…The Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) was used to examine the quality of the included studies. …”
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The relationship between daytime napping and obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2023-07-01“…The methodological quality of the studies was evaluated using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS), and funnel plots were employed to detect any publication bias. …”
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Proximal fibular osteotomy versus high tibial osteotomy for treating knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2022-10-01“…Cochrane Collaboration’s Risk of Bias Tool and Newcastle–Ottawa Scale were used to assess risk of bias. Results Twenty-three studies including 14 randomized controlled trials and 9 observational studies were assessed. …”
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Efficacy of thymosin-α-1 in patients with COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2023-08-01“…Methods We included studies with ≥10 cases and adults (aged ≥18 years) with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, data on mortality or length of hospitalization, disease severity, and study location, while excluded pregnant and breastfeeding women and minors. Publications were searched from November 1, 2019, to July 5, 2023, in six databases, including PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Cochrane Library, China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database, and Wanfang Database. …”
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Understanding the potential factors affecting carers’ mental health during end-of-life home care: a meta synthesis of the research literature
Published 2022-12-01“…See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.…”
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Risk Factors for Positive Surgical Margins after Radical Prostatectomy in Chinese Men: a Meta-analysis
Published 2023-06-01“…The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was adopted to assess the quality of included cohort studies. …”
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Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality-Based Head-Mounted Devices for Medical Education: Systematic Review
Published 2021-07-01“…Seven medical databases (PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Science Direct, PsycINFO, Education Resources Information Centre, and Google Scholar) were searched for peer-reviewed publications from January 1, 2014, to May 31, 2019. …”
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Mesenchymal stem cells can improve discogenic pain in patients with intervertebral disc degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2023-06-01“…The primary outcomes were changes of pain score and Oswestry Disability Index. The Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for cohort studies was used for quality assessment. …”
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Is glucocorticoid use associated with a higher clinical pregnancy rate of in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer? A meta-analysis
Published 2023-05-01“…Quality assessment was conducted on the modified Jadad Scoring Scale and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, and the inter-study heterogeneity was estimated by Q test and I2 test. …”
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Real-Word Effectiveness of Global COVID-19 Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Published 2022-05-01“…The Newcastle–Ottawa scale and the Egger test were applied to estimate the quality of the literature and any publication bias, respectively. …”
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Bidirectional association between glaucoma and chronic kidney disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2022-07-01“…We assessed risk of bias using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) and quality of evidence using the GRADE framework. …”
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Baseline Albumin-Bilirubin grade as a predictor of response and outcome of regorafenib therapy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2023-10-01“…After applying Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS) to evaluate the quality of the included studies, Review Manager 5.4 was used to statistically analyze. …”
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Efficacy of home phototherapy versus inpatient phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2024-03-01“…We used fixed- or random-effects meta-analysis models, assessed heterogeneity (I 2 ), conducted subgroup analyses, evaluated publication bias, and graded evidence quality. Results Nine studies (998 patients) were included (four RCTs, five cohort studies). …”
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Association between IGFBP1 expression and cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Published 2023-06-01“…Subgroup analyses were performed based on ethnicity, tumor types, publication year, study type, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) score and sex. …”
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Cognitive Impairment in Liver Transplant Recipients With a History of Cirrhosis: A Systematic Review
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