Table 2 Example of illustrative matrix of selected articles
Literature type and year of publication | Research type | Study objective/method | Study location and sample size | Metabolic risk factor | Proximal determinants | Distal determinants | Causal linkage thematic analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary article or grey literature as searched in three databases/year of publication as mentioned | Quantitative or qualitative or mixed-method research | Describe in detail about the study objective and methods | Country and region where the study was taken and sample size | Metabolic risk factor under study | See Additional file 3: Appendix III | See Additional file 3: Appendix III | Coding and thematic analysis about the possible causal linkage among determinants based on the results and discussion of the article |