Table 1 Distribution and characteristics of the primary studies included in the meta-analysis.

From: Prevalence of malocclusion in primary dentition in mainland China, 1988–2017: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First author and publication year

Language

Location of study

U/R

Score

Total sample size

Total case size

Male

Female

Urban

Rural

Total

Male

Female

Urban

Rural

Class I

Class II

Class III

Total

Huang Caiping 2013

C

Yu yao

U

10

164

150

314

78

62

102

17

21

140

Wang Jing 2007

C

Tang shan

U + R

9

250

192

442

122

92

119

44

51

214

Yang Hongzhen 2010

C

Bao ding

U + R

10

459

470

929

212

224

132

45

259

436

Xiao Yan 2011

C

Chang chun

U

9

1,470

1,254

2,724

726

Huang Ning 2005

C

Shuang liu

R

9

696

583

1,279

491

Yin Yanchun 2014

C

Da qing

U

11

-

1,904

674

149

203

1,026

Li Zhaohui 2009

C

De yang

U

10

1,709

1,504

3,213

461

295

756

Lv Yulin 1988

C

Fu zhou

U

8

1,610

1,492

3,102

674

681

1,355

Zheng Zhijun 2006

C

Gui yang

U

9

255

201

456

54

59

113

He Hongxu 2011

C

Ha erbing

U

10

3,956

1,637

244

279

2,160

Liu Yingqi 2009

C

Han dan

U

9

735

627

1,362

514

Yang Zaibo 2010

C

En shi

U + R

9

956

906

966

896

1,862

518

478

523

473

996

Wan Jianying 2013

C

De an

R

12

800

800

1,600

265

303

568

Huang Guiyue 2015

C

Kun ming

U

12

1,124

992

2,116

770

746

1,516

Li Haifeng 2013

C

Da lian

U

9

2,448

527

Qu Ling 2001

C

San ya

R

9

563

439

1,002

207

Yang Tao 2013

C

Chang chun

U

8

145

170

315

67

82

149

Sun Xinhua 1990

C

Chang chun

U

9

548

452

1,000

304

259

288

52

223

563

Feng Jinqiu 2015

C

Shang hai

U + R

12

1,421

1,323

2,744

1,041

870

1,911

Weng Sien 2006

C

Shang hai

U

12

239

220

459

70

70

57

197

Zhao Fengmei 1999

C

Shang hai

U

9

1,062

1,062

2,124

216

228

444

Zhou Xinhua 2017

E

Shang hai

U

12

1,247

1,088

2,335

1,048

912

1,960

Zhang Cuicui 2014

C

Shao yang

U + R

9

950

850

1,800

570

266

147

983

Chen Min 2016

C

Shao xing

U

12

292

276

568

196

201

397

Zhao Zhenjin 2002

C

Shen yang

U

8

591

43

22

46

111

Li Lin 1992

C

Urumchi

U

11

491

129

103

157

28

47

232

Zhou Zhifei 2016

E

Xi an

U + R

12

1,185

1,050

1,518

717

2,235

776

706

935

547

1,482

Liu Yuan 2015

C

Yi ning

U + R

12

517

448

596

369

965

327

279

402

204

606

Wang Bing 2000

C

Yin chuan

U

8

749

597

1,346

96

81

177

Liang Xueping 1995

C

Yun chen

U

8

109

63

Fu Minkui 2002

C

China

U + R

11

5,309

1,423

536

793

2,752

  1. C: Chinese; E: English; U: Urban; R: Rural; Score: the quality assessment score.