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Table 1 Overall inclusion and exclusion criteria for stages 1 and 2

From: Weight gain, overweight and obesity in solid organ transplantation—a study protocol for a systematic literature review

  

Inclusion if

Exclusion if

Language

• Article reported in English, German, Dutch or French

Yes

No

Design

• Original quantitative study design:

Yes

No

RCT, prospective and retrospective cohort, case-control, cross-sectional, mixed methods studies

(NOT: case reports, reviews, editorials, letter to the editor, qualitative research)

Population

• First and single liver, heart, lung or kidney transplant candidates or recipients

Yes

No

(NOT: multi-organ or re-transplant)

• Patient age ≥18 years at transplantation

Content

Studies examining at least one relevant topic:

Yes

No

• Changes in weight or BMI over time

• Risk factors or correlates associated with weight or BMI, overweight and obesity

• Relationship of weight or BMI with any post-transplant outcome and comorbidities

(NOT: studies reporting only a point prevalence)

Access

• Full-text article accessible

Yes

No

  1. If a decision according to the title and abstract (stage 1) is not possible, include study for full-text reading (stage 2).
  2. RCT randomized controlled trial, BMI body mass index.