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

• Main Authors: Yangjun Zhu (Author), Hao Liu (Author), Xi-Li Lu (Author), Bo Zhang (Author), Wanwen Weng (Author), Jun Yang (Author), Jun Zhang (Author), Meng-Jie Dong (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 th...