Table 1

The search string and database yield for each search terms (PubMed)

Search#Search termDatabase yield (n)
#1Blood pressure[mh] OR Hypertension[mh]400 517
#2Blood pressure*[tiab] OR Hypertens*[tiab] OR Bloodpressure*[tiab]451 071
#3#1 OR #2606 770
#4Physical education and training[mh] OR Resistance training[mh] OR Physical endurance[mh] OR Exercise[mh] OR Exercise therapy[mh] OR Sports[mh]208 798
#5Exercise*[tiab] OR Physical activity[tiab] OR Physically active[tiab] OR physical activities[tiab] OR (Training*[tiab] AND (aerobic*[tiab] OR strength*[tiab] OR physical[tiab] OR endurance[tiab] OR resistance[tiab]))261 660
#6#4 OR #5367 526
#7#6 AND #335 897
#8Systematic[sb] OR systematic review[tiab] OR meta-analysis[tiab] OR meta-analyses[tiab] OR metaanalysis[tiab] OR metaanalyses[tiab] OR Meta-Analysis as Topic[mh] OR Meta-analysis[pt] OR Randomized controlled trial[pt] OR Controlled clinical trial[pt] OR Clinical Trials as topic[mh] OR Randomized controlled trials as topic[mh] OR Random allocation[mh] OR Random*[tiab] OR control[tiab]275 017
#9#7 AND #812 902
#10((animals[mh]) NOT (animals[mh] AND humans[mh]))3 857 919
#11(Editorial[ptyp] OR Letter[ptyp] OR Comment[ptyp] OR case reports[ptyp]2 781 326
#12#9 NOT #1012 075
#13#12 NOT #11 Filters: Publication date from 2012/01/01; Danish; English; Norwegian; Swedish1382