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Table 2 Summary of quality assessment

From: Childhood modifiable risk factors and later life chronic kidney disease: a systematic review

     

Selection

Comparability

Outcome

ID

Author

Year

Total scores

Grade a

Represen-tativeness. of the exposed cohort

Represen-tativeness. of the non-exposed cohort

Ascertainment of the exposure

Outcome of interest was not present at start of study

Controls for age and sex

Considers other relevant covariates

Outcome assessment

Adequacy of follow-up length b

Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts

1

Hoq et al. [18]

2002

7

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0

2

Zhao et al. [19]

2008

7

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0

3

Yan et al. [20]

2018

7

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0

4

Yan et al. [21]

2018

7.5

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0.5*

5

Zheng et al. [22]

2018

8.5

High

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

0.5*

6

Liao et al. [35]

2020

8.5

High

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

0.5*

7

Liao et al. [24]

2021

8.5

High

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

0.5*

8

Wang et al. [25]

2022

8.5

High

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

0.5*

9

Kim et al. [30]

2010

7

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0

10

Silverwood et al. [26]

2013

8

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

*

11

Yan et al. [27]

2021

7.5

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0.5*

12

Liu et al. [28]

2021

7.5

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0.5*

13

Wang et al. [29]

2022

8.5

High

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

0.5*

14

Canney et al. [31]

2018

6.5

Fair

*

*

0

0

*

*

*

*

0.5*

15

Lv et al. [32]

2020

6

Fair

*

*

0

0

*

*

*

*

0

16

Liu et al. [33]

2022

7.5

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0.5*

17

Liu et al. [34]

2022

7.5

High

*

*

*

0

*

*

*

*

0.5*

  1. a Studies were scored from 0 to 9, with 0–3 as poor quality, 4–6 as fair quality, 7–9 as high quality.
  2. b Whether follow-up is long enough for outcomes to occur.