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Table 1 List of excluded terms

From: Single screen of citations with excluded terms: an approach to citation screening in systematic reviews

Exclusion criteria

Excluded termsd

Truncated excluded terma

No. of citations with term in abstractb

No. of citations with term in keywordsb

Condition:

• Studies that exclusively include individuals with other pre-existing health conditions (e.g., HIV)

Arthritis, arthritic

Arthrita

267

183

Autoimmune

Autoimmuna

93

21

Cancer

Cancera

307

18

Hepatitis, hepatic

Hepatia

162

24

HIV

HIVa

197

135

Infection, infectious

Infecta

736

349

Kidney

Kidneya

813

789

Lupus

Lupusa

127

112

Pancreatic, pancreas

Pancreaa

35

25

Renal

Renala

1135

781

Rheumatology, rheumatic

Rheuma

336

223

Sickle cell anemia

Sicklea

9

6

Transplant, transplantation

Transplanta

281

255

Prader-Willi syndrome

Willea

181

92

Country:

• Studies not conducted in countries categorized as “Very High” on the 2014 Human Development Index (as defined by the United Nations Development Program)

Brazil, Brazilian

Braza

64

65

China, Chinese

China

621

249

Cuba, Cuban

Cubaa

51

1

Egypt, Egyptian

Egypta

17

23

Haiti, Haitian

Haitia

1

0

India, Indian

Indiaa

136

90

Iran, Iranian

Irana

53

28

Iraq, Iraqi

Iraqa

3

1

Kenya, Kenyan

Kenya

0

0

Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan

Lankaa

3

1

Libya, Libyan

Libyaa

0

0

Mexico, Mexican

Mexica

33

25

Nigeria, Niger, Nigerien, Nigerian

Nigera

8

10

Peru, Peruvian

Perua

42

26

Russia, Russian

Russa

37

21

Sub-Sahara, sub-Saharan

Saharaa

11

1

South Africa, South African

South Africaa

23

19

Turkey, Turkish

Turka

37

95

Ukraine, Ukrainian

Ukraina

1

0

Non-human:

• Animal studies

Animal

Animala

221

--c

Bovine

Bovina

6

--c

Canine

Canina

9

--c

Feline

Felina

1

--c

Mammal, mammalian

Mammala

11

--c

Mice

Micea

122

109

Mouse

Mousea

49

--c

Murine

Murinea

17

--c

Pig

Piga

50

--c

Primate

Primata

4

0

Sprague-Dawley rat

Spraga

15

--c

Swine

Swina

8

--c

Population:

• Children age < 8 years

• Pregnant women

Adolescent, adolescence

Adolesca

227

805

Child, children

Childa

565

524

Infant, infantile

Infanta

73

177

Neonate, neonatal

Neonata

46

9

Pregnant, pregnancy

Prega

253

134

Total

83 terms

50 truncated terms

7497

5426

  1. aAsterisk indicates truncation of search term
  2. bCitation counts are not mutually exclusive
  3. cDue to limited number of terms and groups of terms in EndNote, these terms were only searched for in the abstract field
  4. dPossible excluded terms based on truncation