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Table 4 Newcastle Ottawa Scale [NOS] quality assessment (Cohorts)

From: Paternal preconception modifiable risk factors for adverse pregnancy and offspring outcomes: a review of contemporary evidence from observational studies

First author & Year

Newcastle Ottawa Scale—Criteria

SELECTION

COMPARABILITY

OUTCOME

TOTAL

Exposed cohort (representativeness)

Non-exposed cohort

Ascertainment of exposure

Outcome of interest not present at start of study

Based on design or analysis (AGE)

Based on design or analysis (OTHER FACTORS)

Assessment of outcome

Appropriate length of follow-up

Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts

   Accordini et al. 2021 [32]

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8

   Accordini et al. 2018 [31]

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7

   Bae et al. 2017 [80]

 

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6

   Bowatte et al. 2022 [25]

 

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5

   Broadney et al. 2017 [76]

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6

   Carslake et al. 2016 [62]

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6

   Casas et al. 2017 [74]

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9

   Chen et al. 2021 [75]

 

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5

   Fang et al. 2020 [42]

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5

   Fleten et al. 2012 [67]

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6

   Guo et al. 2022 [61]

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6

   Har-Gil 2021 [50]

 

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2

   Hatch et al. 2018 [44]

 

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6

   Hoek et al. 2022 [49]

 

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8

   Hoek et al. 2019 [88]

 

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7

   Johannessen et al. 2020 [33]

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6

   Kasman et al. 2018 [37]

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6

   Knudsen et al. 2020 [30]

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5

   Ko et al. 2014 [60]

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5

   Lippevelde et al.  2020 [80]

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8

   Lonnebotn et al. 2022 [34]

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7

   Luan et al. 2022 [73]

 

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7

   Martin-Calvo et al. 2019

 

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7

   Mitsunami et al. 2021 [82]

 

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7

   Moss et al. 2015 [35]

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7

   Mutsaerts et al. 2014 [38]

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3

   Nassan et al. 2019 [52]

 

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7

   Noor et al. 2019 [77]

 

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7

   Northstone et al. 2014 [63]

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7

   Oostingh et al. 2019 [81]

 

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6

   Pomeroy et al. 2015 [23]

 

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6

   Retnakaran et al. 2021 [58]

 

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8

   Robinson et al. 2020 [72]

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7

   Sapra et al. 2016 [47]

 

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7

   Sun et al. 2022 [66]

 

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7

   Sundaram et al. 2017 [45]

 

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8

   Svanes et al. 2017 [69]

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6

   Twigt et al. 2012 [48]

 

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5

   Umul et al. 2015 [57]

 

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2

   Wang et al. 2022 [65]

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5

   Wang et al. 2018 [85]

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6

   Wei et al. 2022 [50]

 

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6

   Wei et al. 2021 [51]

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6

   Wesselink et al. 2019 [40]

 

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5

   Wesselink et al. 2018 [41]

 

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7

   Wesselink et al. 2016 [43]

 

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6

   Wise et al. 2018 [39]

 

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6

   Xia et al. 2018 [78]

 

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8

   Xia et al. 2016 [55]

 

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7

   Xia et al. 2015 [56]

 

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7

   Xu et al. 2021 [59]

 

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7

   You et al. 2022 [68]

 

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7

   Zalbahar et al. 2017 [24]

 

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5

   Zhang et al. 2020 [46]

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9

   Zhou et al. 2020 [86]

 

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7

   Zuccolo et al. 2016 [79]

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