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Table 2 Quality assessment of the 5 cross-sectional studies according to AHRQ recommended criteria

From: Association between abdominal obesity and asthma: a meta-analysis

Studies

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Turley et al. [26]

√

√

√

–

×

√

√

√

×

√

–

Appleton et al. [25]

√

√

?

–

×

√

?

√

×

√

–

Egan et al. [28]

√

√

√

–

×

×

?

√

?

√

–

Ma et al. [11]

√

√

√

–

×

√

√

√

?

√

–

Chen et al. [27]

√

√

√

–

×

×

?

√

?

√

–

  1. 1–11 represents the 11 items of the AHRQ recommended criteria
  2. “√” means “yes”, “×” means “no”, “?” means “unclear”, “–” means “not suitable”
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