Electronic Supplementary Material:
- Table S1. Quality assessment of studies included in the meta-analysis
- Figure S1. MEDLINE search strategy
- References
Table S1. Quality assessment of studies included in the meta-analysis [1]
Scale items
Kitzman et al.
[2], 2013
Ho et al.
[3], 2012
McNeilly et al.
[4], 2012
Vinet et al.
[5], 2011
Waib et al.
[6], 2011
Miyaki et al.
[7], 2003
Aizawa et al.
[8], 2008
Hill et al.
[9], 2007
1. Random
allocation
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2. Allocation
concealed
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3. Baseline
similarity
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
4. Subject blinding
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5. Therapist
blinding
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6. Assessor
blinding
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7. Adequate
follow-up
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
8. ITT analysis
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
9. Between-group
comparisons
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
10. Point measures
& variability
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7/10
5/10
3/10
3/10
6/10
2/10
3/10
5/10
Total
1 = yes (scored); 0 = no. ITT, intention-to-treat analysis
Figure S1. MEDLINE search strategy
“obesity” [All Fields]
AND
“arterial stiffness” [All Fields] OR “arterial compliance” [All Fields] OR “arterial distensibility” [All
Fields]
AND
“aerobic exercise” [All Fields] OR “physical activity” [All Fields]
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