Demographic, regional and temporal trends of hyperuricemia epidemics in mainland China from 2000 to 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hyperuricemia (HUA) is becoming a global public health problem and associated with multiple diseases.

Objective

We conducted a systematic review to synthesize the pooled prevalence of HUA in mainland China and delineate its demographic, regional, and temporal trends over the past two decades.

Methods

Systematic literature searches of PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and the Wanfang digital database were conducted to screen studies published from 1 January 2000 to 31 August 2019, reporting the prevalence of HUA in mainland China. The search strings were ('hyperuricemia' OR 'hyperuricaemia' OR 'uric acid') AND ('prevalence' OR 'epidemiology') AND 'China'. Article quality was appraised quantitatively from 11 i

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7833047 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature