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. 2021 Jun 24;8(1):e001632. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2021-001632

Table 1.

Search strategy in Medline

Search Keywords Thesaurus (MeSH) Textwords
#1 Exposure Body Composition/
Body Weights and Measures/
Adipose Tissue/
Obesity/
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome/
Obesity, Abdominal/
Obesity, Metabolically Benign/
Obesity, Morbid/
Obesity Management/
Bariatrics/
Metabolic Syndrome/
Adipocytes/
Adiposity/
Body Fat Distribution/
Anthropometry/ exp Subcutaneous Fat/ exp Subcutaneous Fat, Abdominal/
Body Mass Index/
Body Weight/
Body Height/
Waist Circumference/
Waist-Height Ratio/
Waist-Hip Ratio/
Body Constitution/
Somatotypes/
Body Size/
Overweight/
Abdominal Fat/
Body Weight Changes/
Sarcopenia/
Thinness/
Cachexia/
Intra-Abdominal Fat/		 ((body or abdom* or intraabdom* or central or truncal or trunk or appendicular or subcutaneous or sub-cutaneous or visceral or limb or arm or leg or peripheral or android or gynoid) adj fat?).mp body composition* body weight and measure* adipos* obes* metabolic syndrome* overweight*
BMI* adipocyt* fat distribution* fat mass* anthropometr* quetelet* index* body weight* body height* waist circumference* waist-height ratio* hip circumference* waist-hip ratio* body constitution*
Somatotypes* body size* body mass* sarcop?enia* thinness* muscle mass* muscle bulk* lean mass* fat-free mass* skeletal bulk*
#2 Outcomes exp Heart Failure/
Pulmonary Edema/
Ventricular Dysfunction/
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated/ exp Cardiomyopathies/
Cardiomegaly/
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular/
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular/ exp Ventricular Function/		 heart failure* cardiac failure* diastolic HF* systolic HF* pulmonary o?dema
HFrEF*
HFpEF*
HFmEF* ventricular failure* biventricular failure* cardiac dysfunction* ventricular dysfunction* cardiomyopath* dilated cardiomyopath* cardiorenal syndrome* cardiomegaly* ventricular* hypertrophy* cardia* hypertrophy* ventricular function ventricular remodeling* cardia* remodeling*
BNP*
NT-BNP* natriuretic peptide*
#3 Study type exp Cohort Studies/
Observational Study/		 cohort* longitudinal* prospective* follow-up* observational * incidence stud*
#4   #1 AND #2 AND #3