Objective  To systematically evaluate the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in Chinese hypertensive patients.

Methods  Web of Science, Pubmed, Embase, The Cochrane Library, WanFang Data, VIP, CNKI and SinoMed databases were systematically searched for cross-sectional studies from the establishment of the databases to April 18, 2023. Stata 15.0 software was used to summarize the prevalence. Results  A total of 13 articles involving 32,190 hypertensive patients were included. The overall prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in Chinese hypertensive patients was 21.00%[95%CI(18.00%, 24.00%), P<0.001]. The results of subgroup analysis showed that the prevalence of peripheral arterial disease was higher in Chinese hypertensive patients with male, northwest region, diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke.

Conclusion  The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in hypertensive patients in China is high. For patients with hypertension in China, peripheral arterial disease still needs more social attention.

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