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Table 2 Overall scientific quality of the prospective cohort studies

From: Effect of gargling with tea and ingredients of tea on the prevention of influenza infection: a meta-analysis

Newcastle-Ottawa scale

Study

Iwata et al. 1997

Yamada et al. 2006

Criterion

[17]

[18]

Selection (range, 0–4 stars)

***

***

Comparability (range, 0–2 stars)

*

*

Outcome (range, 0–3 stars)

***

***

  1. * One asterisk represents one star