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Table 1 Methodological quality evaluation of included studies

From: Correlation between percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy and recurrence in stage I lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Inclusion study

Selection

comparabbility

Exposure

total

adequate case definition

case representativeness

control selection

control definition

ascertainment of exposure

same method

non-response rate

Matsuguma, H. 2005 [3]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Inoue, M. 2011 [2]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Asakura, K. 2012 [11]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Flechsig. P. 2015 [10]

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

7

Kashiwabara, K. 2016 [12]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Moon, S.M. 2017 [7]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8

Hu, C. 2018 [9]

1

1

1

1

0

1

1

1

7

Ahn, S. Y. 2019 [8]

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

8