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Table 2 Details of Newcastle–Ottawa Scale (NOS)

From: Association between vitamin D deficiency and lipid profiles in overweight and obese adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

NOS items / Study ID

Is the case definition adequate?

Representativeness of the cases

Selection of controls

Definition of controls

Compatibility

Ascertainment

of Exposure

Same method of ascertainment for cases and control

Non-response Rate

Total Score

Carretero 2007 [27]

*

*

*

*

**

 

*

*

8

Yildizhan 2009 [28]

 

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

6

Muscogiuri 2010 [29]

*

*

*

*

**

  

*

7

Bellia 2013 [30]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

9

Esteghamati 2014 [31]

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

7

Boonchaya-anant 2014 [32]

*

*

*

*

**

  

*

7

Kozakowski 2014 [34]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

 

8

Amena Sadiya 2014 [33]

*

*

  

**

*

*

*

7

Bellan 2014 [35]

*

*

*

*

   

*

6

Bril 2015 [36]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

9

Lu 2015 [37]

*

  

*

**

*

*

*

7

Ter horst 2016 [38]

 

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

6

Mousa 2017 [39]

*

*

*

*

**

   

6

Piantanida 2017 [40]

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

7

Ong 2018 [41]

*

*

 

*

**

*

*

*

8

Curvello-Silva 2020 [42]

*

*

*

 

**

  

*

6

Setayesh 2021 [43]

*

*

*

  

*

*

*

6

Minna F. Schleu 2021 [22]

*

*

*

*

**

*

  

7

Lara A da C. Dominoni 2022 [21]

  

*

*

*

*

*

*

6

Salah Gariballa 2022 [20]

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

*

7

Tong Gong 2022 [44]

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

7

  1. One asterisk presents one score, higher scores indicating higher quality of study. A study can be awarded a maximum of one asterisk for each numbered item excepts Comparability, a maximum of two asterisk can be given for Comparability
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