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Table 2 Bias assessment of the included cohort studies

From: SARS-CoV-2 vaccine breakthrough infection in the older adults: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Included studies

Selections

Comparability

Outcome

Total score

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

Barak Mizrahi-2021.11 [12]

*

*

*

*

**

*

0

*

8

LaithJ.Abu-Raddad,-2021.11 [13]

*

*

*

0

**

*

*

0

7

Aharona Glatman-Freedman-2021.10 [14]

*

*

*

*

**

*

0

0

7

Yinon M. Bar-ON-2022.4 [17]

*

*

*

*

**

*

0

*

8

Sara Y Tartof -2021.10 [6]

*

*

*

0

**

*

*

0

7

Utkarsh Agrawal-2021.12 [18]

*

*

*

0

**

*

0

0

6

Eli S. Rosenberg,-2021.12 [19]

*

*

*

*

**

*

0

0

7

Ori Magen-2022.4 [20]

*

*

0

*

**

*

0

0

6

J. Daniel Kelly,-2022.9 [23]

0

*

*

0

**

*

*

0

6

Eric J Haas-2021.5 [25]

*

*

*

*

**

*

0

0

7

Giulia Vivaldi-2022.9 [32]

*

*

0

0

**

0

*

0

5

Alejandro Jara-2021.7 [33]

*

*

*

*

**

*

0

0

7

Sharon Hui Xuan Tan 2022.2 [34]

*

*

*

*

**

*

0

0

7

Jennifer M. Polinski 2022.3 [35]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

9

Tyler N. A. Winkelman 2022.3 [36]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

9

Massimo Fabiani 2022.2 [37]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

0

8

Julia Hippisley-Cox 2021.9 [38]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

0

8

Peter Nordstrom 2022.3 [39]

*

*

*

0

**

*

*

0

7

Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi 2022.1 [40]

*

*

*

*

**

*

*

*

9