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Table 2 NOS scale for observational studies

From: Drug-coated balloons versus drug-eluting stents in patients with small coronary artery disease: an updated meta-analysis

Cohort studies

Baseline

Selection

Comparability

Outcome

Quality Score

Study Title

First Author

Year

Study Design

(Prospective or retrospective)

mean follow up (months)

Sample

(n) (DCB/stent)

Age at baseline mean

(Year) (DCB/stent)

Representativeness of the exposed cohort

Selection of the non exposed cohort

Ascertainment of exposure

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

Comparability of cohorts on the basis of the design or analysis

Assessment of outcome

Was follow-up long enough for outcomes to occur

Adequacy of follow up of cohorts

 

Shin 2016

Eun-Seok Shin

2016

Retrospective cohort

12.4

44/22

60.6/58.7

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

Good (9)

Silverio 2020

Angelo Silverio

2022

Retrospective cohort

36

1154/13,634

68/69

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Good (9)

SINAGA 2016

DASDO ANTONIUS SINAGA

2016

Retrospective cohort

12

172/163

61/61.2

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Good (8)

Tan 2021

Qiang Tan

2021

Retrospective cohort

24

56/212

64.96 /62.39

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

Good (9)

Tasi 2022

Cheng‑Hsuan Tsai

2022

Retrospective cohort

12

47/59

65.1 // 65.1

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

Good (9)

Giannini 2017

Francesco Giannini

2017

Retrospective cohort

12

90/91

65/66

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

Good (9)

Sim 2018

Hui Wen Sim

2018

Retrospective cohort

12

87/200

58/61

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

Good (9)