Table 1.
Checklist for quality assessment of cohort and case-control study.
Fig 1.
Flow diagram of included studies.
Table 2.
The baseline characteristics of included studies.
Fig 2.
Forest plot of association between GBCAs and the development of NSF.
Fig 3.
Cumulative meta-analysis plot of GBCAs group vs Control group.
We added one study at a time chronologically until all studies were included.
Fig 4.
Funnel plot for publication bias.
Fig 5.
Sensitivity analysis plot of GBCAs group vs Control group.
To assess the influence of single study on pooled estimate, we omitted one study at a time.
Table 3.
Quality assessment of included studies.
Table 4.
Subgroup analyses on the incidence of NSF in various conditions.
Fig 6.
Forest plot of association between Gadodiamide exposure and the development of NSF.
Fig 7.
Sensitivity analysis plot of gadodiamide group vs. control group.
To assess the influence of single study on pooled estimate, we omitted one study at a time.
Table 5.
Dose-response relationship between gadolinium and NSF.