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Table 2 The Newcastle–Ottawa scale scores of the included cohort studies

From: Fever during pregnancy as a risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders: results from a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Representativeness of the exposed cohort

Selection of the non-exposed cohort

Ascertainment of the exposure

Demonstration that outcome of interest was not present at the start of study

Comparability

Assessment of outcome

Follow-up long enough for outcome to occur

Adequacy of follow-up of cohorts

Total

Atladóttir et al. (2012) [14]

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

6

Dreier et al. (2016) [6]

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

6

Holst et al. (2015) [47]

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

6

Gustavson et al. (2019) [48]

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

6

Hornig et al. (2018) [21]

1

1

0

1

1

1

1

0

6