Table 1 Questionnaire for assessing reporting parameters of Disbiome publications

1

Is the age of subjects given?

2

Is the geographical origin of study participants given?

3

Are microbiome influencing factors reported (diet, medication, smoking, lifestyle,…)?

4

Is a conflict of interest statement given?

5

Are specific test statistics reported

6

Is a measure of variance (SD, SEM, CI, IQR, boxplot,…) reported?

7

Are numerical microbiome changes given (raw data)?

8

Were numerical data reported for each individual subject?

9

Is the unit of analysis specified?

10

Is a primary/research hypothesis literally stated?

11

Is a statement about sample/control size given?

12

Are controls matched for possible confounding factors (age, sex, diet,…)?

13

Is type of control group defined?

14

Are inclusion/exclusion criteria stated?

15

Is a statement about sample traceability/history (sampling and storage before analysis) given?

16

Is a statement about sample blinding before analysis given?