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. 2013 Sep 13;1:26. doi: 10.1186/2050-7771-1-26

Table 1.

Literature searches a

PAPERS CITED BY PREVIOUS REVIEW [4]
 
Publications examined 27
→ Rejects (reason 1) 2
 ↓
 
 Publications accepted (primary results) 25b
 
MEDLINE SEARCH 6TH July 2012
 
New abstracts examined 615
→ Rejects - total 500
 ↓
  Reason 1 – 442; Reason 3 – 40; Reason 5 – 7; Reason 6 – 1; Reason 7 – 7; Reason 8 – 3;
 Publications examined 115c
→ Rejects – total 91
 ↓
  Reason 1 – 80; Reason 3 – 2; Reason 5 – 1; Reason 6 – 1; Reason 7 – 5; Reason 8 – 2
 Publications accepted – total 24c
 
 Primary results 19c
 
 Reviews 5
 
Cochrane search 6th August 2012
 
New abstracts examined 13
→ Rejects – total 7
 ↓
  Reason 1 – 5; Reason 8 – 2
 New publications examined 6d
→ Rejects (reason 1) 6
SECONDARY REFERENCES 15th August 2012e
 
New abstracts examined 2
→ Rejects (reason 1) 1
 ↓
 
 New publications examined 1
→ Rejects (reason 1) 1
INFORMAL SEARCHING (including WBC review)
 
 New publications examined 4
 
 ↓
 
 New publications accepted – total 4
 
 Primary results 3
 
 Reviews 1
 
Total primary publications accepted – 47  

aReasons for rejection correspond to study inclusion/exclusion criteria (see Methods).

bIncludes one paper [11] where HDL-C data not used in the earlier review [4].

cIncludes one paper [12] initially rejected on the basis of the abstract but found to be relevant when examined for a separate review of WBC.

dOne paper could not be adequately identified, but another paper [13] by the same author and apparently reporting the same study was substituted.

eChecking continued until no new publications were identified.