Table S2.

A list of N=50 studies on the association between rTMS and depression assessed in full-length and reasons for exclusion from the current meta-analysis

Author, year	Included/reason for exclusion
Aguirre et al,41 2011	Included (additional data provided by authors)
Avery et al,42 2007	No new data (data from Avery et al,29 2006)
Baeken et al,43 2010	Cross-over design, only one session
Bakim et al,44 2012	Included
Bares et al,45 2009	No sham (rTMS and placebo medication versus sham and venlafaxine)
Blumberger et al,46 2012	Included
Brakemeier et al,47 2007	No sham
Brakemeier et al,48 2008	No sham
Chen et al,49 2013	Included
Cohen et al,50 2009	No sham
Dell’Osso et al,51 2009	No sham
Fitzgerald et al,52 2012	Included
Furtado et al,53 2012	No sham
Galletly et al,54 2012	No sham
George et al,55 2010	Included
Hadley et al,56 2011	No sham
He et al,57 2011	Included (additional data provided by authors)
Herbsman et al,58 2009	No new data (data from Avery et al,29 2006)
Hernández-Ribas et al,59 2013	Included
Herwig et al,60 2010	No new data (data from Herwig et al,35 2007)
Höppner et al,61 2010	No new data (data from Herwig et al,35 2007)
Hoy et al,62 2012	No sham
Huang et al,63 2008	No sham
Huang et al,64 2012	Included
Jacob et al,65 2008	Inadequate data reported (SD values missing on Figure 1)
Kozel et al,66 2011	No new data (data from O’Reardon et al,37 2007)
Kreuzer et al,67 2012	rTMS after sleep deprivation
Lingeswaran et al,68 2011	Included
Lisanby et al,69 2009	No new data (data from O’Reardon et al,37 2007)
Myczkowski et al,70 2012	Depression secondary to birth (postpartum depression)
Nongpiur et al,71 2011	No sham (primed all conditions with right 1 Hz stimulation)
Paillère Martinot et al,72 2010	Included (additional data provided by authors)
Pallanti et al,73 2010	Included (week 3 data extrapolated from Figure 1)
Peng et al,74 2012	Included
Ray et al,75 2011	Included
Rosenquist et al,76 2013	No new data (data from O’Reardon et al,37 2007)
Schrijvers et al,77 2012	No sham (one single sham session followed by active treatment)
Schutter et al,78 2009	DLPFC not stimulated (parietal cortex stimulated)
Schutter et al,79 2010	No new data (data from Schutter et al,78 2009)
Simpson et al,80 2009	No new data (data from O’Reardon et al,37 2007)
Spampinato et al,81 2013	Included
Speer et al,82 2009	Inadequate data reported (baseline scores/group missing)
Speer et al,83 2013	Included
Tamas et al,84 2007	Inadequate data reported (HAMD scores missing)
Triggs et al,85 2010	Included
Trojak et al,86 2011	Case study
Ullrich et al,87 2012	No sham (sham was the active left-slow stimulation of the DLPFC)
Zarkowski et al,88 2009	No sham
Zheng et al,89 2010	No new data (same cases as in Zheng et al,90 2010)
Zheng et al,90 2010	Included

Note: A total of N=18/50 studies were included in the final meta-analysis.

Abbreviations: DLPFC, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; HAMD, Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; rTMS, repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; SD, standard deviation;