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Table 5 Risk of bias assessment of retrospective studies

From: The effects of several postoperative adjuvant therapies for hepatocellular carcinoma patients with microvascular invasion after curative resection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Adequacy of case definition

Case number

Representativeness of the cases

As of interventions

As of detection method

As of cutoff

As of outcome

Adequacy of follow up

NOS score

Huang, 2019 [23]

Low risk

High risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

7

Jin, 2014 [21]

Low risk

High risk

High risk

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

5

Liu, 2016 [20]

Unclear risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

High risk

High risk

5

Liu, 2016 [18]

Low risk

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

8

Sun, 2016 [19]

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

8

Wang, 2018 [16]

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

8

Wang, 2017 [13]

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

7

Wang, 2019 [12]

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

8

Wang, 2019 [11]

Low risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

7

Xiao, 2019 [14]

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

High risk

Low risk

Unclear risk

High risk

Low risk

5

Ye, 2017 [17]

Unclear risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

8

Qi, 2019 [22]

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

Low risk

7

  1. AS Ascertainment