Meta-Analysis
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World J Meta-Anal. Feb 28, 2020; 8(1): 15-26
Published online Feb 28, 2020. doi: 10.13105/wjma.v8.i1.15
Gender prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the geriatric population of India: A meta-analysis using R
Himani Nanda, Vijay Kumar Shivgotra
Himani Nanda, Vijay Kumar Shivgotra, Department of Statistics, University of Jammu, Jammu 180006, India
Author contributions: Nanda H and Shivgotra VK both designed the study, the literature was reviewed by the first author, then by the second author; data collection, data analysis and writing of the paper was performed by Nanda H under the supervision of Shivgotra VK.
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Corresponding author: Vijay Kumar Shivgotra, MSc, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Jammu, Babasaheb BR Ambedkar Road Jammu, Jammu 180006, India. vijayshivgotra@yahoo.com
Received: September 3, 2019
Peer-review started: September 3, 2019
First decision: November 12, 2019
Revised: November 21, 2019
Accepted: January 1, 2020
Article in press: January 1, 2020
Published online: February 28, 2020
Core Tip

Core tip: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the geriatric population in India from the year 2003 to 2019 revealed that there was a higher prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the female geriatric population (40.9%) as compared with the male geriatric population (38.0%). In addition, the measures of consistency such as I2 and Cochran’s Q suggested heterogeneity between the studies. These findings indicate that health care professionals should take immediate steps to improve geriatric health care services in India.