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Table 2 Quality rating of studies evaluating the association between obesity and memory function

From: Obesity and episodic memory function

Study

1

2

3

4

Total

Conforto and Gershman (1985)

   

×

1

Cournot et al. (2006)

  

×

×

2

Gunstad et al. (2006)

   

×

1

Dore et al. (2008)

×

  

×

2

Nilsson and Nilsson (2009)

   

×

1

Smith et al. (2010)

×

×

×

×

4

Gunstad et al. (2011)

  

×

×

2

Gonzales et al. (2012)

   

×

1

Katz et al. (2012)

×

  

×

2

Miller et al. (2013)

  

×

×

2

Alosco et al. (2014)

  

×

×

2

Boraxbekk et al. (2015)

 

×

×

×

3

Cheke et al. (2016)

   

×

1

Cheke et al. (2017)

   

×

1

  1. Item 1: Was a criterion measure of obesity (i.e., not BMI) used?
  2. Item 2: Were relevant covariates (i.e., both diet and exercise) included and evaluated in the analysis?
  3. Item 3: Was a prospective or intervention design used?
  4. Item 4: Were statistically appropriate/acceptable methods of data analysis used?