Table 1.

Search strategy (PubMed).

Search	Query
1#	“meditation” [MeSH Terms]
2#	“meditate”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditated”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditating”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditation”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditations”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditational”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditative”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditator”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditators”[Title/Abstract] OR “transcendental”[Title/Abstract] OR “transcendental meditation”[Title/Abstract] OR “minds”[Title/Abstract] OR “minded”[Title/Abstract] OR “mindful”[Title/Abstract] OR “mindfulness”[MeSH Terms] OR “minding”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditated”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditating”[Title/Abstract] OR “meditative”[Title/Abstract] OR (“yoga”[MeSH Terms] OR “tai ji”[Title/Abstract] OR “tai ji”[Title/Abstract] OR “Tai Chi”[Title/Abstract]) OR “yoga”[Title/Abstract]) OR “Yogic”[Title/Abstract]
3#	“Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2” [MeSH Terms]
4#	“Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus” [Title/Abstract] OR “Type 2 Diabetes” [Title/Abstract] OR “T2DM” [Title/Abstract] OR “Diabetes, Type 2” [Title/Abstract] OR “Diabetes Mellitus, Type II” [Title/Abstract] OR “Insulin resistance” [Title/Abstract] OR “NIDDM” [Title/Abstract] OR “Stable Diabetes Mellitus” [Title/Abstract] OR “Diabetes Mellitus, Noninsulin-Dependent” [Title/Abstract] OR “Adult-Onset Diabetes Mellitus” [Title/Abstract] OR “Diabetes Mellitus, Type II” [Title/Abstract] OR “Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus” [Title/Abstract] OR “Diabetes Mellitus, Maturity-Onset” [Title/Abstract]
6#	1# OR 2#
7#	3# OR 4#
8#	5# AND 6#