Supplementary Table 1: Quality assessment of included studies.

Criteria judged

Wu, et al.
2020 [
19]

Guan, et al. 2020 [8]

Pung, et al, 2020 [17]

Yang, et al. 2020 [20]

Zhou, et al. 2020 [22]

Chen, et al. 2020 [12]

Huang, et al. 2020 [14]

Shi, Han, Jiang, et al. 2020 [18]

Zhang, et al. (2020) [21]

Hu, et al. (2020) [15]

Li, et al. (2020) [24]

Research question or objective clearly stated

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Study population clearly specified and defined, including case definition

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Inclusion and exclusion criteria applied uniformly to all participants

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Provided sample size justification, power description, or variance and effect estimates

NR

NR

NR

√

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Intervention clearly described

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Statistical methods well-described

√

√

ⅹ

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Exposure of interest measured prior to the outcome being measured

NA

NA

NA

NA

√

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Results well-described

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Time frame sufficient to see an association between exposure and outcome

NA

NA

NA

NA

√

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Outcome measures clearly defined, valid, reliable, and implemented consistently across all study participants

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

√

Key potential confounding variables measured and adjusted statistically

NR

NR

NR

NR

√

NR

√

√

√

NR

√

Note: √ = Yes; X = No; NR = Not reported; NA = Not applicable