Table 2 Quality assessment of the 18 studies included in the systematic review according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale

From: Relationship between prenatal growth, postnatal growth and childhood obesity: a review

 

Selection

Comparability

Outcome

Total score

 

Exposed cohort representativeness

Selection of non-exposed cohort

Ascertainment of exposure

Outcome not present at baseline

Analysis adjusted for confounding factors

Assessment of outcome

Length of follow-up

Adequacy of follow-up

 

Chomtho et al.31

0

1

0

1

2

1

1

1

7

Durmus et al.32

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Ekelund et al.33

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Eriksson et al.34

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Euser et al.35

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Gishti et al.36

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Gomez-Lopez et al.37

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Goncalves et al.38

0

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

8

Holzhauer et al.39

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Hui et al.40

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Jones-Smith et al.41

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Jones-Smith et al.42

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Kramer et al.43

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

0

8

Monteiro et al.44

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Stettler et al. 45

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Stettler et al.46

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9

Taal et al.47

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

0

8

Taveras et al.48

1

1

1

1

2

1

1

1

9