Table 3 Observational studies included in the final analysis.

From: Pseudocirrhosis and portal hypertension in patients with metastatic cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Author

Year

Country

N = 290

Malignancy

Age

Liver biopsy

Platelets (n°/mm3)

Total bilirubin (mg/dl)

Albumin (g/dl)

Chemotherapy

Oliai et al.1

2019

US

37

Breast

49.3

SD 13.5

n.a.

n.a.

6

SD 6.7

2.7

SD 0.7

37/37 (100%)

Qayyum et al.21

2007

US

68

Breast

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

68/68 (100%)

Fennessy et al.19

2004

Switzerland

29

Breast

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

29/29 (100%)

Young et al.7

1994

US

22

Breast

48

nodular regenerative hyperplasia; breast cancer cells

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

22/22 (100%)

Gopalakrishnan et al.20

2018

US

86

Breast

57.5 (range 32.4–82.4)

n.a.

Median 195.000

IQR 137.000–217.000

Median 0.5

IQR 0.3–0.9

Median 3.6

IQR 3.2–4

86/86 (100%)

Engelman et al.12

2020

Belgium

48

Breast

50.6

SD 11.6

n.a.

187.000

SD 82.7

1

SD 1

3.5

SD 0.8

48/48 (100%)