| BMI | Body mass index |
| BP | Blood pressure |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| DBP | Diastolic blood pressure |
| PICOS | Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, Study |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| RCTs | Randomized controlled trial |
| SBP | Systolic blood pressure |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| WMD | Weighted mean difference |