Prevalence of dementia in the People's Republic of China from 1985 to 2015: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In China, the most populous developing country in the world, dementia represents a serious challenge. We performed a large-scale systematic review and meta-regression analysis to elucidate the prevalence of dementia and its subtypes and to identify potential factors underlying the differences between articles.

Methods

A comprehensive literature search was conducted in the following databases to identify studies published up to December 2015: Cochrane Library, CBMDISK, Chongqing VIP, CNKI, PubMed and EMBASE. All statistical analyses (including subtype and meta-regression analyses) were performed with R version 3.3.3.

Results

In total, 51 surveys were selected. The pooled prevalence rates of dementia and its main subtypes, namely, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6521412 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature