Epidemiology and clinical course of primary biliary cholangitis in the Asia–Pacific region: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Hepatology international Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 788 - 799
• Main Authors: Zeng, Na, Duan, Weijia, Chen, Sha, Wu, Shanshan, Ma, Hong, Ou, Xiaojuan, You, Hong, Kong, Yuanyuan, Jia, Jidong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01.11.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Cholangitis; Colorectal Surgery; Confidence intervals; Epidemiology; Far East - epidemiology; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Hepatology; Heterogeneity; Humans; Incidence; Liver; Liver cancer; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary - epidemiology; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary - etiology; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary - genetics; Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary - pathology; Liver transplantation; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meta-analysis; Original Article; Prevalence; Regression analysis; Statistical analysis; Subgroups; Surgery; Systematic review; Transplantation; Far East; Asia; Pacific region; Primary biliary cholangitis; Prevalence; Epidemiology; Meta-analysis

Aims Epidemiological studies on primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) show heterogeneity. The aim of the present study was to synthesize the prevalence, incidence and clinical course of PBC in the Asia–Pacific region. Methods PubMed, Medline, Cochrane library and EMBASE were searched for epidemiology an...