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. 2022 Jul 1;33(4):200–219. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2022-015

Table 2. PubMed Search strategy, modified as needed for other electronic databases.

Population: middle-aged adult South Africans Outcome: metabolic risk factors
MeSH terms: #1 Middle aged [MeSH] MeSH terms: #45 Diabetes mellitus [MeSH]
All fields #2 Middle age #46 Insulin resistance [MeSH]
#3 middle aged #47 #45 OR #46
#4 midlife All fields: #48 Diabetes
#5 middle adulthood #49 Insulin resistance
#6 #2 OR #3 OR #4 OR #5 #50 insulin sensitivity
#7 #1 OR #6 #51 Metabolic syndrome
MeSH term: #8 South Africa [MeSH] #52 Syndrome X
#53 Glucose intolerance
All fields #9 'South Africa' OR #54 Hyperglycemia
#10 'South African' #55 #48 OR #49 OR #50 OR #51 OR #52 OR #53 OR #54
#11 #8 OR #9 #56 #47 OR #55
#12 #7 OR #10
MeSH terms: #57 Overnutrition [MeSH]
Intervention: modifiable lifestyle risk factors #58 Overweight [MeSH]
MeSH terms: #13 Alcohol drinking [MeSH] #59 Body mass index [MeSH]
All fields #14 Alcohol consumption #60 #57 OR #58 OR #59
#15 #13 OR #14 All fields: #61 Obesity
#62 Overnutrition
MeSH terms: #16 Exercise [MeSH] #63 Overweight
All fields #17 Physical activity #64 Hypernutrition
#18 Exercise #65 Body mass index
#19 Physical exertion #66 BMI
#20 Physical training #67 #61 OR #62 OR #63 OR #64 OR #65 OR #66
#21 Physical fitness #68 #60 OR #67
#22 #17 OR #18 OR #19 OR #20 OR #21
#23 #16 OR #22 MeSH terms: #69 Hypertension [MeSH]
behavior All fields: #70 Hypertension
MeSH terms: #24 Feeding [MeSH] #71 High blood pressure
#25 Diet, food, and nutrition [MeSH] #72 #70 OR #71
#26 #24 OR #25 #73 #69 OR #72
All fields: #27 Food habits MeSH terms: #74
#28 Dietary habits Dyslipidaemias [MeSH]
#29 Eating behavior All fields: #75 Dyslipidaemia
#30 Dietary behaviour #76 Dyslipidaemias
#31 Feeding patterns #77 Hypercholesterolemia
#32 Food preferences #78 Hypercholesteremia
#33 Dietary fat #79 High cholesterol
#34 Dietary fats #80 Elevated cholesterol
#35 Dietary protein #81 Raised cholesterol
#36 Dietary carbohydrates #82 Triglycerides
#37 Food consumption #83 Lipid profile
#38 #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 OR #31 OR #32 OR #33 OR #34 OR #35 OR #36 OR #37 #84 #75 OR #76 OR #77 OR #78 OR #79 OR #80 OR #81 OR #82 OR #83
#39 #26 OR #38 #85 #74 OR #84
MeSH terms: #40 Tobacco use [MeSH] #86 #15 OR #23 OR #39 OR #56 OR #68 #73 OR #85 AND #7 AND #12
All fields: #41 #42 #43 Smoking Tobacco #41 OR #42
#44 #40 OR #43