Table E1.2.a, Credibility Ratings (AMSTAR 2) for systematic reviews on physical activity in persons living with cancer, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes - WHO Guidelines on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour

Author, Year	PICO¹	A priori Methods²	Study Design Selection³	Lit Search Strategy⁴	Study Selection⁵	Data Extraction⁶	Excluded Studies⁷	Included Studies⁸	RoB Assessment⁹	Funding Sources¹⁰	Statistical Methods¹¹	Impact of RoB¹²	RoB Results¹³	Heterogeneity¹⁴	Publication Bias¹⁵	COI¹⁶	Overall Rating¹⁷
People living with cancer
Friedenreich, 2019 (12)	Y	PY	N	PY	Y	N	PY	PY	PY	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Moderate
People living with hypertension
Cao, 2019 (4)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Moderate
Costa, 2018 (7)	Y	PY	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	Y	PY	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Low
de Sousa, 2017 (9)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	N	PY	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Critically Low
People living with Type 2 diabetes
Chao 2018 (5)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	PY	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Moderate
De Nardi 2018 (8)	Y	PY	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Moderate
Jang 2019 (13)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	N	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Low
Lauche 2018 (15)	Y	PY	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	Moderate
Lee 2017 (17)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	N	Y	Critically Low
Liao 2019 (18)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	N	PY	PY	PY	N	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Critically Low
Liu, Zhu, et al. 2019 (19)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Moderate
Liu, Ye, et al. 2019 (20)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Moderate
Meng 2018 (21)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	N	PY	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Critically Low
Pan 2018 (23)	Y	PY	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Critically Low
Qui 2017 (25)	Y	PY	N	PY	N	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Moderate
Rees 2017 (27)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	N	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	N	N	Y	Y	Y	Low
Sampath Kumar 2019 (28)	Y	PY	N	PY	N	Y	N	PY	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Critically Low
Song 2018 (29)	Y	Y	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Moderate
Thind 2017 (31)	Y	PY	N	PY	N	Y	PY	PY	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Low
Xia 2019 (33)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Low
Yu 2018 (34)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	PY	N	Y	Y	Y	N	Y	N	Moderate
Zhou 2019 (36)	Y	N	N	PY	Y	Y	PY	PY	PY	N	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	Moderate

Author, Year

PICO¹

A priori Methods²

Study Design Selection³

Lit Search Strategy⁴

Study Selection⁵

Data Extraction⁶

Excluded Studies⁷

Included Studies⁸

RoB Assessment⁹

Funding Sources¹⁰

Statistical Methods¹¹

Impact of RoB¹²

RoB Results¹³

Heterogeneity¹⁴

Publication Bias¹⁵

COI¹⁶

Overall Rating¹⁷

People living with cancer

Friedenreich, 2019 (12)

Moderate

People living with hypertension

Cao, 2019 (4)

Moderate

Costa, 2018 (7)

Low

de Sousa, 2017 (9)

Critically Low

People living with Type 2 diabetes

Chao 2018 (5)

Moderate

De Nardi 2018 (8)

Moderate

Jang 2019 (13)

Low

Lauche 2018 (15)

Moderate

Lee 2017 (17)

Critically Low

Liao 2019 (18)

Critically Low

Liu, Zhu, et al. 2019 (19)

Moderate

Liu, Ye, et al. 2019 (20)

Moderate

Meng 2018 (21)

Critically Low

Pan 2018 (23)

Critically Low

Qui 2017 (25)

Moderate

Rees 2017 (27)

Low

Sampath Kumar 2019 (28)

Critically Low

Song 2018 (29)

Moderate

Thind 2017 (31)

Low

Xia 2019 (33)

Low

Yu 2018 (34)

Moderate

Zhou 2019 (36)

Moderate

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Table E1.2.aCredibility Ratings (AMSTAR 2) for systematic reviews on physical activity in persons living with cancer, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes