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Table 1 Quality assessment results for included studies

From: The association between cognitive function and white matter lesion location in older adults: a systematic review

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Q1. Was the WML identification done by a radiologist/physician?

Q2. Was the cognitive performance measured using a standardized method?

Q3. Was there a sample size calculation?

Q4. Were age or education considered as confounders?

Groot et al. et al. [24]

+

+

-

+

Shenkin et al. [25]

+

+

-

-

Baune et al. [26]

-

+

-

+

Kim et al. [27]

-

+

-

+

Silbert et al. [28]

-

+

-

+

McClleland et al. [21]

+

+

-

+

Wright et al. [29]

-

+

-

+

Kaplan et al. [30]

-

+

-

+

Wakefield et al. [31]

-

+

-

+

O’Brien et al. [32]

+

+

-

+

Smith et al. [14]

-

+

-

+

Burns et al. [33]

+

+

-

+

Ishii et al. [34]

+

+

-

+

Tullberg et al. [35]

-

+

-

-