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Table 1 Characteristics of excluded studies in full text review

From: Childhood body mass index and subsequent physician-diagnosed asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Study by year

Reason for exclusion

Castro-Rodriguez, 2001[33]

Outcome measure defined as FEV and wheeze, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma.

Chinn & Rona, 2001[34]

Outcome measure not defined as physician-diagnosed asthma.

Guerra et al., 2004[39]

Exposure variable not defined as BMI.

Hancox et al., 2004[42]

Population over 18 years of age.

Mai et al., 2005[40]

Exposure variable not defined as BMI.

Scholtens et al., 2009[35]

Outcome measure defined as wheeze or dyspnea or medication use, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma.

Taveras et al., 2008[36]

Outcome measure defined as wheeze, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma. Exposure variable not defined as BMI.

Tollefsen et al., 2007[37]

Outcome measure defined as wheeze, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma.

Wake et al., 2010[41]

Incident asthma is not primary outcome of the study.

Holguin et al., 2011[43]

Population over 18 years of age.

Suglia et al., 2011[44]

Cross-sectional analysis.

Magnusson et al., 2012[38]

Outcome measure defined as at least 4 episodes of wheeze or 1 episode of wheeze with use of prescribed inhaled steroids, rather than physician-diagnosed asthma.