Table 1.
Search strategy for the Medline Ovid database (1946–27th October 2020)
| # | Search terms | Results |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exp overweight/ | 222,620 |
| 2 | (Overweight* or obese* or adipos*).tw | 254,577 |
| 3 | Body Weight/or body weight changes/ or weight loss/ | 223,687 |
| 4 | ((body adj3 weight*) or (weight adj3 change*) or weight-change* or (weight adj3 loss*) or weight-loss* or (weight adj3 reduct*) or weight-reduct* or antiobes* or anti-obes*).tw | 320,451 |
| 5 | Obesity management/ or weight reduction programs/ | 2383 |
| 6 | Body constitution/ or exp body fat distribution/ | 25,461 |
| 7 | (Body-fat-distribution or (body fat adj3 distribution) or body-fat-pattern* or (body fat adj3 pattern*) or fat load* or body lipid* or body-constitution or (body adj3 constitution) or body-composition or (body adj3 composition)).tw | 42,789 |
| 8 | Body mass index/or waist-hip ratio/or waist circumference/ | 132,990 |
| 9 | (“Body mass index” or “body-mass index” or body-mass-index or bmi or “quetelet index” or “waist-hip-ratio” or “waist-hip ratio” or waist–hip-ratio or “waist-to-hip-ratio” or waist size* or (waist* adj3 size*) or hip circumference* or hip-circumference or “waist to hip ratio” or (waist* adj3 cirumference*)).tw | 253,061 |
| 10 | Energy metabolism/or basal metabolism/ | 88,472 |
| 11 | (Metabolic rate* or energy metabolism* or basal metabolism* or energy expenditure*).tw | 74,879 |
| 12 | Anti-obesity agents/ | 5055 |
| 13 | or/1–12 | 998,977 |
| 14 | Exp Dehydroepiandrosterone/ae, aa, me, ph, pd, tu | 6174 |
| 15 | (“7 keto” or 7-Keto or 7-Keto-DHEA or 3-acetyl-7-oxo-dehydroepiandrosterone or “3 acetyl 7 oxo dehydroepiandrosterone” or 3-acetyl-7-oxo-DHEA or “3 acetyl 7 oxo DHEA” or 7-oxo-DHEA or “7 oxo DHEA” or 7-oxodehydroepiandrosterone or “7 oxodehydroepiandrosterone” or 7-ketodehydroepiandrosterone or “7 ketodehydroepiandrosterone” or 7-oxoprasteron or “7 oxoprasteron” or 7-ketoprasteron or “7 ketoprasteron” or 3-acetyl-7-oxo-DHEA or prasterone or “3β-Hydroxyandrost-5-ene-7,17-dione” or “3beta-Hydroxyandrost-5-ene-7,17-dione” or “5-Androsten-3β-ol-7,17-dione” or “5-Androsten-3beta-ol-7,17-dione” or “3-acetoxyandrost-5-ene-7,17-dione” or 7?-hydroxy-dehydroepiandrosterone or 7?-OH-DHEA or 7?-hydroxy-dehydroepiandrosterone or 7alpha-OH-DHEA or 7alpha-hydroxy-dehydroepiandrosterone or 7-oxo-DHEA-3?-sulfate or “7 keto naturalean” or 7-keto naturalean or “Lean system 7” or HUM5007).rn,sy,nm,tw | 603 |
| 16 | 14 or 15 | 6637 |
| 17 | 13 and 16 | 752 |
| 18 | Exp animals/ not humans.sh | 4,749,702 |
| 19 | 17 not 18 | 432 |