Table 2.
Medline search strategy
| Step | Query | Hits |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exp Periodontitis/AND (adult OR chronic*).ti,ab. | 5703 |
| 2 | Chronic periodontitis/OR periodontal pocket/ | 7004 |
| 3 | 2 OR 3 | 10454 |
| 4 | ((adult OR chronic*) adj3 periodontiti*).ti,ab. | 5352 |
| 5 | (attachment adj3 loss).ti,ab. AND ((clinical OR periodontal) adj3 attachment).ti,ab. | 1305 |
| 6 | (periodontal adj3 pocket).ti,ab. | 1066 |
| 7 | OR/3-7 | 12910 |
| 8 | Dental scaling/ OR “root planing”/ | 3479 |
| 9 | ((subgingival OR root OR supragingival) adj3 (scaling* OR planing*)).ti,ab. | 2288 |
| 10 | (deep adj3 (scaling* OR cleaning)).ti,ab. | 62 |
| 11 | ((conventional OR inital OR “non surgical” OR non-surgical OR nonsurgical) adj3 (treatment OR therapy)).ti,ab. | 33417 |
| 12 | OR/8-11 | 37131 |
| 13 | 7 AND 12 | 2184 |
| 14 | Exp Obesity/ | 154540 |
| 15 | Exp Body Weight/ | 369850 |
| 16 | (overweight OR obese OR obesity OR adiposit* OR BMI OR “body mass index”).ti,ab. | 300847 |
| 17 | (cardiolipin OR lipid* OR leptin).ti,ab. | 395517 |
| 18 | “waist to hip”.ti,ab. | 9048 |
| 19 | (body adj3 weight).ti,ab. | 163760 |
| 20 | OR/14-19 | 954233 |
| 21 | 13 AND 20 | 42 |
The asterisk represents a wildcard and can be used in all search fields that allow words and phrases