National and subnational estimation of the prevalence of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peripheral artery disease (PAD), the third leading cause of atherosclerotic vascular morbidity, affects approximately 202 million people worldwide, among whom more than two-thirds reside in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). For China, the largest developing country, little is known about the epidemiology of PAD. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of PAD and the number of affected people in China, establish the main risk factors for PAD and assess the number of people with PAD at the sub-national level.

Methods

We searched China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, Chinese Biomedicine Literature Database (CBM-SinoMed), PubMed, Embase and Medline for population-based studies that have reported the prevalence of PAD in the general Chinese popula

SUBMITTER: Song P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6377796 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature