Prevalence of Hyperuricemia and Gout in Mainland China from 2000 to 2014: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Stratified prevalence of hyperuricemia in mainland China.

Subgroups	Prevalence (%) (95% CI)	Number of studies	Heterogeneity		Case/total
			%	value
Area
Urban	13.7 (12.0, 15.4)	27	98.4	<0.001	14322/101787
Rural	12.3 (10.5, 14.1)	11	94.3	<0.001	3154/24581
Coastal/inland
Inland	13.8 (11.8, 15.7)	23	98.3	<0.001	10160/68666
Coast	12.5 (10.8, 14.2)	15	97.3	<0.001	7316/57702
Location
North China	13.2 (11.5, 14.8)	13	96.3	<0.001	6162/48261
East China	12.9 (10.2, 15.6)	12	98.6	<0.001	5577/40857
Northwest	10.3 (5.4, 15.3)	3	97.4	<0.001	593/5382
Northeast	10.1 (8.9, 11.2)	3	0.0	0.376	275/2720
Southwest	13.9 (11.7, 16.1)	3	88.6	<0.001	1533/11572
South China	18.6 (13.8, 23.3)	4	98.3	<0.006	3336/17576
Economic level
High	13.8 (12.0, 15.6)	20	98.0	<0.001	8094/59811
Low	12.6 (10.6, 14.7)	18	98.1	<0.001	9382/66557
Sex
Male	19.4 (17.6, 21.1)	38	96.7	<0.001	11644/60768
Female	7.9 (6.6, 9.3)	38	97.9	<0.001	5859/65654
Total	13.3 (11.9, 14.6)	38	98.0	<0.001	17476/126368