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Table 3 Quality assessment of included studies—cross-sectional study

From: Early exposure to infections increases the risk of allergic rhinitis—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author Year

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Total points

De 2005 [28]

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

6

Kitsantas 2018 [30]

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

N

Y

Y

Y

N

6

Ponsonby 1999 [31]

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

N

N

Y

Y

N

6

Kemp 2009 [29]

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Y

N

7

Xu 1999 [36]

Y

N

Y

Y

Y

N

N

Y

N

Y

N

6

Strachan 1996 [27]

Y

N

Y

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

Y

N

6

  1. Y:Yes, N:No/Unclear; 1. Define the source of information (survey, record review); 2. List inclusion and exclusion criteria for exposed and unexposed subjects (cases and controls) or refer to previous publications; 3. Indicate time period used for identifying patients; 4. Indicate whether or not subjects were consecutive if not population-based; 5. Indicate if evaluators of subjective components of study were masked to other aspects of the status of the participants; 6. Describe any assessments undertaken for quality assurance purposes (eg, test/retest of primary outcome measurements; 7. Explain any patient exclusions from analysis; 8. Describe how confounding was assessed and/or controlled; 9. lf applicable, explain how missing data were handled in the analysis; 10. Summarize patient response rates and completeness of data collection; 11. Clarify what follow-up, if any, was expected and the percentage of patients for which incomplete data or follow-up was obtained