“…In 12 studies there was no matching of controls to cases (Buchwald et al, 1997;Garcia et al, 2014;Khaiboullina et al, 2014;Linde et al, 1992;Maes et al, 2013;Maes et al, 2012;Neu et al, 2014;Patarca et al, 1994;Smylie et al, 2013;Spence et al, 2008;White et al, 2010;Wyller et al, 2015). The factors that were matched including age, activity level, gender, body mass index, ethnicity, neighbourhood and menstrual cycle stage.…”