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. 2017 May 26;6:286. Originally published 2017 Mar 17. [Version 2] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.11107.2

Table 4. Quality of the reporting of the results using the STROBE checklist.

Score represents the number of items (with percentage of items) on the checklist that were reported satisfactorily in each study. Therefore, a high score represents a high adherence to reporting guidelines, while a low score represents low adherence to reporting guidelines.

First author Design Score
1 Lecker, 2012 CSS (13.3/22) 60.45 %
2 Pardo, 2014 CSS (12.2/22) 55.45 %
3 Hofmann, 2014 CSS (15.6/22) 70.9 %
4 Ijiri, 2015b CSS (13.5/22) 61.36%
5 Jedrychowski 2015 CSS (12/22) 54.45 %
6 Kwaśniewska, 2016 CSS (15/22) 68.1 %
7 Moreno, 2015 CSS (12.5/22) 56.81 %
8 Palermo, 2015 CSS (13.5/22) 61.36 %
9 Al-Daghri, 2015 CSS (12.8/22) 58.18 %

STROBE: Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology; CSS: Cross-sectional study.