Prevalence of chronic cough in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Jingyi Liang¹  Mei Jiang¹  Zhufeng Wang¹  Kefang Lai¹  Weiyan Ye¹  Hanwen Liang¹  Fang Yi¹ 

[1] National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Medical University;

关键词: China;    Cough;    Chronic diseases;    Meta-analysis;    Prevalence;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12890-022-01847-w

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background Individual studies have indicated variable prevalence for chronic cough, but thus far, there has been no systematic report on the prevalence of this condition. Methods In this study, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis by searching databases including PubMed, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese biomedical literature service system, Wanfang Database, and VIP database, for studies on chronic cough in China published before December 28, 2020. A random effects model was used to calculate pooled prevalence estimates with 95% confidence interval [95%CI], weighted by study size. Results Fifteen studies with 141,114 community-based adults were included in the study, showing a prevalence of 6.22% (95% CI 5.03–7.41%). And 21 studies with 164,280 community-based children were included, presenting a prevalence of 7.67% (95% CI 6.24–9.11%). In subgroup meta-analyses, the prevalence in adults was 4.38% (95% CI 2.74–6.02%) in southern China and 8.70% (95% CI 6.52–10.88%) in northern China. In the children population, the prevalence in northern China was also higher than in southern China (northern vs. southern: 7.45% with a 95% CI of 5.50–9.41%, vs. 7.86% with a 95% CI of 5.56–10.16%). Conclusions Our population-based study provides relatively reliable data on the prevalence of chronic cough in China and may help the development of global strategies for chronic cough management.

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