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

Table 4

Prevalence of gout in mainland China by different stratification factors.

Subgroups	Prevalence (%)  (95% CI)	Number of studies	Heterogeneity		Case/total
			%	value
Area
Urban	1.2 (0.7, 1.8)	4	0.0	0.830	280/21764
Rural	0.9 (0.2, 1.6)	2	14.0	0.313	49/7481
Coastal/inland
Inland	1.4 (0.8, 1.9)	4	0.0	0.989	229/16470
Coastal	0.8 (0.2, 1.4)	2	0.4	0.316	100/12775
Study year
2000–2005	0.9 (0.0, 1.8)	2	59.1	0.118	128/13150
2006–2010	1.1 (0.4, 1.8)	2	0.0	0.655	117/10191
2011–2014	1.4 (0.5, 2.2)	2	0.0	0.737	84/5904
Sex
Male	1.5 (0.8, 2.1)	6	1.9	0.404	226/14060
Female	0.9 (0.0, 1)	6	0.0	0.924	78/15185
Total	1.1 (0.7, 1.5)	6	0.0	0.644	329/29245