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. 2021 Sep 17;11(9):630. doi: 10.3390/metabo11090630

Table A1.

PRISMA checklist, retrieved from PRISMA website. Some items were not included (X) since this is a systematic review and not a meta-analysis.

Section/Topic # Checklist Item Reported on Section
Title
Title 1 Identify the report as a systematic review, meta-analysis, or both. Title
Abstract
Structured summary 2 Provide a structured summary including, as applicable: background; objectives; data sources; study eligibility criteria, participants, and interventions; study appraisal and synthesis methods; results; limitations; conclusions and implications of key findings; systematic review registration number. Abstract
Introduction
Rationale 3 Describe the rationale for the review in the context of what is already known. Introduction
Objectives 4 Provide an explicit statement of questions being addressed with reference to participants, interventions, comparisons, outcomes and study design (PICOS). Introduction
Methods
Protocol and registration 5 Indicate if a review protocol exists, if and where it can be accessed (e.g., Web address), and, if available, provide registration information including registration number. X
Eligibility criteria 6 Specify study characteristics (e.g., PICOS, length of follow-up) and report characteristics (e.g., years considered, language, publication status) used as criteria for eligibility, giving rationale. Section 2.2
Information sources 7 Describe all information sources (e.g., databases with dates of coverage, contact with study authors to identify additional studies) in the search and date last searched. Section 2.1
Search 8 Present full electronic search strategy for at least one database, including any limits used, such that it could be repeated. Appendix B Search 2
Study selection 9 State the process for selecting studies (i.e., screening, eligibility, included in systematic review, and, if applicable, included in the meta-analysis). Section 2.2
Data collection process 10 Describe method of data extraction from reports (e.g., piloted forms, independently, in duplicate) and any processes for obtaining and confirming data from investigators. Section 2.3
Data items 11 List and define all variables for which data were sought (e.g., PICOS, funding sources) and any assumptions and simplifications made. Section 2.3
Risk of bias in individual studies 12 Describe methods used for assessing risk of bias of individual studies (including specification of whether this was done at the study or outcome level), and how this information is to be used in any data synthesis. X
Summary measures 13 State the principal summary measures (e.g., risk ratio, difference in means). Section 2.2
Synthesis of results 14 Describe the methods of handling data and combining results of studies, if done, including measures of consistency (e.g., I2) for each meta-analysis. X