Table 2 Search strategy for the chronic kidney disease and hormone replacement therapy search

1

Exp hormone replacement therapy/

2

Hormone replacement therap$.tw.

3

(HRT or ERT or ORT).ti,ab.

4

Exp estrogen replacement therapy/

5

(Hormone adj3 replacement adj3 therap$).mp.

6

(?Estrogen adj3 replacement adj3 therap$).mp.

7

?Estrogen replacement therap$.tw.

8

?Estradiol replacement therap$.tw.

9

Hormone therap$.tw.

10

Postmenopausal hormone therap$.tw.

11

Post-menopausal hormone therap$.tw.

12

1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or 11

13

Postmenopause.tw.

14

Exp postmenopause/

15

MENOPAUS$4.tw.

16

POSTMENOPAUS$4.tw.

17

POST-MENOPAUS$4.tw.

18

Exp perimenopause/

19

Perimenopaus$.tw.

20

Peri-menopaus$.tw.

21

Exp menopause/

22

?Estrogen.tw.

23

Exp estrogens/

24

?Estradiol.tw.

25

Exp estradiol/

26

22 or 23 or 24 or 25

27

or/13-21

28

26 and 27

29

12 or 28

30

Exp kidney failure/

31

Exp chronic kidney failure/

32

Exp renal insufficiency/

33

Exp renal insufficiency, chronic/

34

Exp chronic kidney disease/

35

Exp kidney disease/

36

Exp renal replacement therapy/

37

Exp uremia/

38

Exp hemodialysis/

39

Exp kidney transplantation/

40

(Haemodialys* or hemodialys*).tw.

41

Dialysis.tw.

42

Peritoneal dialysis.tw.

43

Exp peritoneal dialysis/

44

(CAPD or CCPD or APD).tw.

45

(Chronic renal or chronic kidney).tw.

46

Exp dialysis/

47

Ur?emi$.tw.

48

Kidney diseas*.tw.

49

Kidney failure.tw.

50

(H?emodia* or h?emofiltr*).tw.

51

(Pre-dialysis or predialysis).tw.

52

(Kidney transplant* or renal transplant*).tw.

53

(Kidney allograft* or renal allograft*).tw.

54

(Kidney graft* or renal graft*).tw.

55

(End-stage renal or end-stage kidney or endstage renal or endstage kidney).tw.

56

(ESRF or ESKF or ESRD or ESKD).tw.

57

(CKF or CKD or CRF or CRD).tw.

58

or/30-57

59

29 and 58

60

Limit 59 to animals

61

Limit 59 to (Animals and humans)

62

60 not 61

63

59 not 62