Table 3.

Study quality assessment of studies that evaluated the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in the Bangladeshi population

Study	Was the sample representative of the target population?	Were study participants recruited in an appropriate way?	Was the sample size adequate?	Were the study subjects & setting described in detail?	Was the data analysis conducted with sufficient coverage of the identified sample?	Were objective, standard criteria used for measurement of the condition?	Was the condition measured reliably?	Are all the important confounding factors/ subgroups/ differences identified and accounted for?
Akter et al. (2012) [18]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Akter et al. (2013) [19]	Yes	Yes	Not Clear	Yes	Not Clear	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bhowmik et al. (2015) [23]	Yes	Yes	Not Clear	Yes	Not Clear	Yes	Yes	Yes
Rahim et at. (2007) [14]	Yes	Yes	Not Clear	No	Not Clear	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jesmin et al. (2013) [20]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jesmin et al. (2012) [24]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jesmin et al. (2012) [22]	Yes	Yes	Not Clear	No	Yes	Not Clear	Not Clear	Yes
Khanam et al. (2011) [21]	Yes	Yes	Not Clear	No	Not Clear	Yes	Yes	Yes
Saquib et al. (2013) [17]	Yes	Yes	Not Clear	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mainuddin et al. (2013) [13]	No	Yes	Not Clear	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes