Endoscopic ultrasound elastography for differentiating between pancreatic adenocarcinoma and inflammatory masses: A meta-analysis

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World J Gastroenterol. Oct 7, 2013; 19(37): 6284-6291
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Table 3 Subgroup analysis on the basis of the diagnostic standards

Pooled estimate	Color pattern (n = 426)¹		Hue histogram (n = 355)²
Pooled estimate	Pooled result (95%CI)	I²	Pooled result (95%CI)	I²
Sensitivity	0.99 (0.97-1.00)	0.00%	0.92 (0.89-0.95)	20.10%
Specificity	0.76 (0.67-0.83)	0.00%	0.68 (0.57-0.78)	0.00%
Positive LR	3.36 (2.39-4.72)	17.90%	2.84 (2.05-3.93)	0.00%
Negative LR	0.03 (0.01-0.07)	0.00%	0.12 (0.08-0.19)	0.00%
Diagnostic OR	129.96 (47.02-359.16)	0.00%	24.69 (12.81-47.59)	0.00%

¹Studies using the color pattern as the diagnostic standard and the total number of patients involved;

²Studies using the hue histogram as the diagnostic standard and the total number of patients involved. OR: Odds ratio; LR: Likelihood ratio.

Citation: Li X, Xu W, Shi J, Lin Y, Zeng X. Endoscopic ultrasound elastography for differentiating between pancreatic adenocarcinoma and inflammatory masses: A meta-analysis. World J Gastroenterol 2013; 19(37): 6284-6291
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v19.i37.6284