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The references of retrieved trials and other relevant publications including reviews and meta-analyses were examined (cross-referencing).
In addition, the participants were expected to have retrieved trials or studies relevant to their local community, if available.
The citations of existing reviews and trials identified were reviewed to identify pertinent studies and articles citing the retrieved trials were identified by PubMed and via Web of Science.
However, the retrieved trials in this analysis demonstrated less heterogeneity.
Additional information was sought when necessary from the corresponding authors of the retrieved trials.
Most retrieved trials were published in English with only two in other languages.
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Vittoria Lutje, the Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group CIDG Information Retrieval Specialistsearchedched the literature and retrieved trial titles and abstracts.
We retrieved trial reports contributing to the first SMD result in each review, and downloaded review protocols.
The registry from which we retrieved trial summaries has since been removed from the Internet and most trial summaries were not transferred with results to clinicaltrials.gov, making our analysis a unique examination of data that has been lost or scattered.
We have determined how often automated search methods, using indexing terms and/or textwords in the title or abstract, would fail to retrieve trials with adverse effects data.
An experienced medical librarian designed terms (see table 1) to retrieve trials enrolling participants with prehypertension or hypertension managed with multiple lifestyle modifications.
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