Numbered Effect
Cohort number representing the a sample of participants. Multiple intervention arms from the same study are coded as separate cohorts.
Study Name
Year of Publication
What clnical population was used for the current study?
Study length, reported in months as a continuous variable
Study frequency, reported in days per week as a continuous variable
Study duration, reported in minutes per session of exercise as a continous variable
Author reported Exercise Intensity
What mode of exercise was used?
Sample size in the experimental training group. Studyies with multiple training arms will be reported individually
Mean age of the experimental group, reported in years as a continuous variable
Mean age of the experimental group, grouped by age in to three groups
Mean age of the experimental group, grouped by age in to two groups
Percentage of study participants that were female, grouped in to three groups
Percent of the experimental group that was reported as female (continuous variable)
Percent of the experimental group that was reported as Caucasian (continuous variable)
Country of origin for the study sample, or or the corresponding author when not available (categorical variable)
Was change in leptin the primary aim of the original study? (categorical variable)
Did the authors report a significant change in their primary outcome? (categorical variable)
What was the control condition used in this study?
Is this study effect an outlier in the current analysis?
Mean baseline body mass index of the experimental group, reported as a continuous variable
Mean baseline body mass index of the experimental group, grouped in to three groups
Mean follow-up body mass index of the experimental group, reported as a continuous variable
Mean baseline body composition (%Fat) of the experimental group, reported as a continuous variable
Mean follow-up body composition (%Fat) of the experimental group, reported as a continuous variable
Mean change in BMI during the exercise intervention
Coded change in body mass index
Mean Change in body composition (%Fat) during the exercise intervention
Coded change in body composition (%Fat)
Did the original authors report the number (and reasons) for participant withdraw/drop-out?
Did the original authors identify the study as a randomized trial and report the randomization methods used?
Did the original authors report the blinding methods used in the study?
Total JADAD quality score (Withdraw+Randomization+Blinding)
Was this study categorized as "high quality" (Jadad Total Score greater than or equal to 3)
Standardized normal deviate used in Eggers Test
Inverse of the standard error used in Eggers Test
Standardized mean difference between experimental and control groups, divided by the pooled standard deviation, and adjusted for small sample bias
Standard error of the effect
Variance of the effect