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Table 3 The quality assessment according to the Newcastle Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOQAS) of each study

From: Assessment of sagittal spinopelvic alignment in asymptomatic Chinese juveniles and adolescents: a large cohort study and comparative meta-analysis

Study

Year

Selection

Comparability

Exposure

Total Score

Our study

2021

4

2

3

9

Descamps et al.

1999

3

2

2

7

Hanson et al.

2002

3

2

2

7

Mac-Thiong et al.

2004

3

2

3

8

Mac-Thiong et al.

2007

4

2

3

9

Upasani et al.

2007

4

2

2

8

Mac-Thiong et al.

2011

4

2

3

9

Qiu et al.

2012

3

2

2

7

Lee et al.

2012

4

2

3

9

Schlösser et al.

2013

4

2

2

8

Ghandhari et al.

2013

4

2

3

9

Pasha et al.

2014

3

2

2

7

Zhu et al.

2014

4

2

3

9

Zhu et al.

2014

4

2

3

9

Ries et al.

2015

3

2

2

7

Hiyama et al.

2016

3

2

2

7

Liu et al.

2018

4

2

3

9

Alzakri et al.

2019

4

2

3

9

  1. Newcastle Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale (NOQAS)25 was used to assess the quality of all studies. Only studies with a score above 4 were included. Valuable data from the eligible studies were extracted by two authors, and a consensus was reached by discussion