The national and subnational prevalence and burden of age-related macular degeneration in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the third most common cause of blindness, and the fourth leading cause of visual impairment worldwide, but little is known about the burden of this disease in the most populous country-China. This study provides the first comprehensive estimates of the prevalence and burden of AMD in China from 1990 to 2015, with projections till 2050.

Methods

In this study, a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to estimate the prevalence of AMD in China. China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, Chinese Biomedicine Literature Database (CBM-SinoMed), PubMed, Embase and Medline were searched before September 2016. Multilevel mixed-effect meta-regression was performed to define the prevalence rates of AMD and its

SUBMITTER: Song P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735777 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature