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. 2024 Jun 27;31(3):18–31. doi: 10.21315/mjms2024.31.3.2

Table 1.

Search strategies for PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar

PubMed ((BMI[Title/Abstract]) OR (weight[Title/Abstract])) AND ((change[Title/Abstract]) OR (changed[Title/Abstract]) OR (alteration[Title/Abstract]) OR (altered[Title/Abstract]) OR (loss[Title/Abstract]) OR (gain[Title/Abstract]) OR (reduce[Title/Abstract]) OR (reduction[Title/Abstract]) OR (decrease[Title/Abstract]) OR (increase[Title/Abstract])) AND ((Diabetes Mellitus[Title/Abstract]) OR (Diabetes Insipidus[Title/Abstract]) OR (Diabetes[Title/Abstract])) AND ((Microvascular[Title/Abstract]) OR (Macrovascular[Title/Abstract]) OR (Retinopathy[Title/Abstract]) OR (Neuropathy[Title/Abstract]) OR (Foot Ulcer[Title/Abstract]) OR (Stroke[Title/Abstract]) OR (Cardiovascular[Title/Abstract]) OR (Heart[Title/Abstract])) 13,466 articles
Scopus ((TITLE-ABS-KEY ( weight ) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( BMI ))) AND ((TITLE-ABS-KEY(change) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(changed) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(alteration) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(altered) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(loss) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(gain) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(decrease) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(reduce) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(reduction) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY(increase))) AND ((TITLE-ABS-KEY (microvascular ) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (macrovascular ) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (retinopathy ) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY ( neuropathy ) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (“foot ulcer”) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (stroke ) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (Heart))) AND ((TITLE-ABS-KEY (Diabetes Mellitus) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (Diabetes Insipidus) OR TITLE-ABS-KEY (Diabetes))) 938 articles
Google Scholar

  1. With all of the words: weight, diabetes, change

    With at least one of the words: microvascular, macrovascular, heart, cardiovascular, retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, ‘foot ulcer’, stroke

  2. With all of the words: BMI, diabetes, change

    With at least one of the words: microvascular, macrovascular, heart, cardiovascular, retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, ‘foot ulcer’, stroke

  3. With all of the words: diabetes, change

    With the exact phrase: ‘body mass index’

    With at least one of the words: microvascular, macrovascular, heart, cardiovascular, retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, ‘foot ulcer’, stroke

 10,115 articles