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Table 3 The Newcastle–Ottawa scale scores of the included case–control studies

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

Study

Case definition

Representativeness of the cases

Selection of controls

Definition of controls

Comparability

Assessment of exposure

Same method of ascertainment

Non-response rate

Total

Brucato et al. (2017) [46]

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

0

6

Christian et al. (2018) [45]

1

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

7

Croen et al. (2019) [22]

1

1

1

0

1

0

1

1

6

Saunders et al. (2019) [44]

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

4

Zerbo et al. (2013) [27]

1

1

1

0

1

0

1

0

5