Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

	Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Type of study	English language Longitudinal design evaluating interventions Randomised controlled trials Matched controlled trials	Non-randomised Uncontrolled Cross-section studies Case study
Type of participants	Sedentary Untrained Recreational Non-athlete Patients Both genders Any health status	Mixed gender
Type of intervention	Training programmes >2 weeks Recreational football/soccer Continuous endurance running Strength training Zumba training No-exercise (control) group	Studies incorporating diet Number of training sessions <1 per week
Type of outcome measure	Systolic and diastolic blood pressure Resting heart rate Body mass index Body mass Lean body mass Fat mass Countermovement jump Low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein and total cholesterol Fasting blood glucose and glucose tolerance	Any other physical fitness parameters