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Table 1 Quality of articles assessed using the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE)

From: Sedentary behavior and health outcomes among older adults: a systematic review

Author

Year

Design

Bias

Imprecision

Indirectness

Heterogeneity

Magnitude of effect

Confounding adjustment

Dose–response

Rating

Gardiner et al. [25]

2011

Cross-sectional

−1

−1

−1

−1

0

1

0

1

Lynch et al. [26]

2011

Cross-sectional

−1

−1

−1

0

0

1

0

1

George et al. [27]

2011

Cross-sectional

2

−1

−1

0

0

1

0

3

Stamatakis et al. [28]

2012

Cross-sectional

−1

0

−1

0

0

1

0

1

Frank et al. [29]

2010

Cross-sectional

−2

−1

−1

0

0

1

0

1

Gomez-Cabello et al. [30]

2012

Cross-sectional

−1

−1

−1

0

1

0

0

1

Gomez-Cabello et al. [31]

2012

Cross-sectional

−1

−1

−1

0

0

0

0

1

Buman et al. [32]

2010

Cross-sectional

−2

0

−1

0

0

1

0

1

Hamer et al. [33]

2012

Cross-sectional

−2

0

−1

0

0

1

0

1

Hamer et al. [34]

2012

Cross-sectional

−2

−1

−1

0

0

1

0

1

Bankoski et al. [35]

2011

Cross-sectional

0

−1

−1

0

0

1

0

1

Gao et al. [36]

2007

Cross-sectional

0

−1

−1

0

1

1

1

3

Inoue et al. [37]

2012

Cross-sectional

−2

−1

−1

0

0

1

0

1

Dogra et al. [38]

2012

Cross-sectional

−1

−1

0

0

1

1

0

2

Gennuso et al. [39]

2013

Cross-sectional

0

−1

−1

0

1

1

1

3

Geda et al. [40]

2011

Cross-sectional

−1

0

−1

0

1

1

0

2

Geda et al. [41]

2012

Case–control

−1

−1

−1

0

1

0

0

1

Balboa-Castillo et al. [42]

2011

Prospective Cohort

−2

−1

0

0

1

1

1

2

Campbell et al. [43]

2013

Prospective Cohort

−1

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

Martinez-Gomez et al. [44]

2013

Prospective Cohort

−1

0

0

0

1

1

0

3

Pavey et al. [45]

2012

Prospective Cohort

−1

0

0

0

1

1

1

4

León-Muñoz et al. [46]

2013

Prospective Cohort

−1

0

0

0

1

1

1

4

Verghese et al. [47]

2003

Prospective Cohort

−2

0

0

0

1

1

0

2