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Table 5 Search strategy with MeSH terms

From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among HIV-positive and HIV-negative populations in sub-Saharan Africa—a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Number of hits

PubMed

Number of hits

Ebscohost

Number of hits

Cochrane Database

Number of hits

Web of Science

#1

metabolic syndrome OR syndrome X OR insulin resistance syndrome

187,904

27,587

10,928

128,787

#2

Hypertension OR high blood pressure

533723

102,771

89,556

107.083

#3

Type 2 diabetes mellitus OR type 2 diabetes OR diabetes Mellitus OR non-insulin dependent diabetes OR adult onset diabetes

435357

92,546

38,353

377,811

#4

Human Immunodeficiency Virus OR Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Virus OR AIDS Virus OR HIV Seronegativities OR Seronegativity, HIV OR HIV Seropositivities OR Seropositivity, HIV

329085

139,326

8285

268,598

#5

#1 OR #2 OR #3 AND #4

8693

137,326

97,517

134,466

#6

African filter((((Angola OR Benin OR Botswana OR “Burkina Faso” OR Burundi OR Cameroon OR “Cape Verde” OR “Central African Republic” OR Chad OR Comoros OR Congo OR “Democratic Republic of Congo” OR Djibouti OR “Equatorial Guinea” OR Eritrea OR Ethiopia OR Gabon OR Gambia OR Ghana OR Guinea OR “Guinea Bissau” OR “Ivory Coast” OR “Cote d’Ivoire” OR Kenya OR Lesotho OR Liberia OR Madagascar OR Malawi OR Mali OR Mauritania OR Mauritius OR Mozambique OR Namibia OR Niger OR Nigeria OR Principe OR Reunion OR Rwanda OR “Sao Tome” OR Senegal OR Seychelles OR “Sierra Leone” OR Somalia OR “South Africa” OR Sudan OR Swaziland OR Tanzania OR Togo OR Uganda OR “Western Sahara” OR Zambia OR Zimbabwe OR “Central Africa” OR “Central African” OR “West Africa” OR “West African” OR “Western Africa” OR “Western African” OR “East Africa” OR “East African” OR “Eastern Africa” OR “Eastern African” OR “South African” OR “Southern Africa” OR “Southern African” OR “sub Saharan Africa” OR “sub Saharan African” OR “sub Saharan Africa” OR “sub Saharan African” NOT “guinea pig” NOT “guinea pigs” NOT “aspergillus niger” ))))

310426

354,204

15,628

467,826

#7

# 5 AND # 6 Limits: 01/01/1990 to 28/02/2017 in English and French on humans

632

7960

1825

160

Total = 125

Title screening

98

25

0

2