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Table 2 Characteristics of the included reviews

From: Behavioral determinants of physical activity across the life course: a “DEterminants of DIet and Physical ACtivity” (DEDIPAC) umbrella systematic literature review

Author, Date

(Type of review) [Ref]

Number of eligible studies included in the umbrella review/total number of studies included in the review

Continent/s of included studies

Study design of included studies

Total sample size of included study

(Sample range)

Age range or mean (years) of eligible studies

Gender (female, % range) of eligible studies

Year range of included studies

Babakus WS, 2012

(SLR) [24]

6/38

Europe (n = 6)

In-depth interviews (n = 2)

Focus group (n = 1)

Semi-structured interviews (n = 1)

N.A. (n = 2)

276 (30–109)

N.A. (n = 2)

40–83

N.A. (n = 2)

39–53

N.A. (n = 2)

1980–2012

Barnett I, 2012

(SLR) [25]

19/19

North America (n = 11)

Europe (n = 6)

Australia (n = 2)

Cohort (n = 14)

Cross-sectional (n = 5)

62,455

(51–11,469)

45–99

0–100

1985–2010

Craggs C, 2011

(SLR) [34]

13/46

North America (n = 11)

Europe (n = 2)

Prospective (n = 13)

13,332

(40–3,878)

4–9 (n = 1)

10–13 (n = 8)

14–18 (n = 4)

N.A.

1986–2009

De Craemer M, 2012

(SLR) [26]

7/43

N.A.

Cross-sectional (n = 6)

Longitudinal (n = 1)

N.A.

4–6

N.A.

2003–2010

Engberg E, 2012

(SLR) [12]

32/34

Europe (n = 7)

North America (n = 22)

Australia (n = 3)

Cross-sectional retrospective (n = 7)

Prospective longitudinal (n = 25)

276,558

(26–80,944)

17–70

N.A.

1992–2012

Kaczynski AT, 2008

(SLR) [13]

50/50

North America (n = 23)

Europe (n = 18)

Australia (n = 3)

Asia (n = 1)

Multiple Continents (n = 1)

N.A. (n = 4)

Mostly cross-sectional

381,807

(120–82,918)

6–89

N.A.

1970–2005

Koeneman MA, 2011

(SLR) [27]

2/34

Australia (n = 1)

Asia (n = 1)

Observational (n = 2)

N.A.

40–80

N.A.

2007

Larouche R, 2014

(SLR) [15]

46/73

Europe (n = 25)

North America (n = 9)

South America (n = 1)

Asia (n = 1)

Australia (n = 9)

Russia (n = 1)

Cross-sectional (n = 41)

Prospective (n = 5)

66,489

(103–7,023)

5–17.9

53

2002–2012

Lee MC, 2008

(SLR) [28]

24/32

North America (n = 9)

Europe (n = 10)

Australia (n = 5)

Cross-sectional (n = 24)

33,756

(88–10,771)

5–18

N.A.

2002–2007

Marshall SJ, 2004

(MA) [14]

24/54

N.A.

N.A.

1443,235

(36–20,766)

0–18

N.A.

1990–2002

Pearson N, 2014

(MA) [29]

163/163

Multiple Continents

Prospective (n = 12)

Cross-sectional (n = 147)

Prospective and Cross-sectional (n = 4)

N.A.

0–18

N.A.

1987–2013

Ridgers ND, 2012

(SLR) [33]

3/53

Europe (n = 2)

Australia (n = 1)

Cross-sectional (n = 2)

N.A. (n = 1)

N.A.

5–18

N.A.

2006–2010

Schoeppe S, 2013

(SLR) [16]

42/52

Europe (n = 25)

North America (n = 9)

Asia (n = 1)

Australia (n = 6)

Russia (n = 1)

Cross-sectional (n = 39)

Longitudinal (n = 3)

55,896

(103–6,085)

3–18

39–100

2002–2012

Stanley RM, 2012

(SLR) [30]

6/22

Europe (n = 1)

North America (n = 4)

Australia (n = 1)

Cross-sectional (n = 6)

N.A.

8–14

N.A.

1997–2010

Tzormpatzakis N, 2007

(SLR) [31]

3/36

Europe (n = 3)

Cross-sectional (n = 3)

4,213

(171–1,000)

15–89

50–54

2002–2004

Uijtdewillingen L, 2014

(SLR) [35]

11/30

Europe (n = 5)

North America (n = 5)

Asia (n = 1)

Prospective (n = 11)

11,259

(155–5,451)

4–18

51–100 (n = 10)

N.A. (n = 1)

2005–2010

van der Horst K, 2007

(SLR) [32]

10/57

N.A.

Cross-sectional (n = 8)

Prospective (n = 2)

N.A.

4–12 (n = 3)

13–18 (n = 7)

N.A.

1999–2004

  1. Notes: MA: Meta-Analysis; SLR: Systematic Literature Review; N.A.: Not Applicable