Table 3 Study quality assessment of studies that evaluated the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in the Bangladeshi population
From: Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the studies
Study | Was the sample representative of the target population? | Were study participants recruited in an appropriate way? | Was the sample size adequate? | Were the study subjects & setting described in detail? | Was the data analysis conducted with sufficient coverage of the identified sample? | Were objective, standard criteria used for measurement of the condition? | Was the condition measured reliably? | Are all the important confounding factors/ subgroups/ differences identified and accounted for? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Akter et al. (2012) [18] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Akter et al. (2013) [19] | Yes | Yes | Not Clear | Yes | Not Clear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Bhowmik et al. (2015) [23] | Yes | Yes | Not Clear | Yes | Not Clear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Rahim et at. (2007) [14] | Yes | Yes | Not Clear | No | Not Clear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jesmin et al. (2013) [20] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jesmin et al. (2012) [24] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Jesmin et al. (2012) [22] | Yes | Yes | Not Clear | No | Yes | Not Clear | Not Clear | Yes |
Khanam et al. (2011) [21] | Yes | Yes | Not Clear | No | Not Clear | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Saquib et al. (2013) [17] | Yes | Yes | Not Clear | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mainuddin et al. (2013) [13] | No | Yes | Not Clear | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |