Table 2 Mata-regression of potential heterogeneity within the included studies
From: Diagnostic Accuracy of Calretinin for Malignant Mesothelioma in Serous Effusions: a Meta-analysis
Covariates | Number of studies | Coefficient | SE | RDOR (95% CI) | p -value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method | |||||
Cell blocks | 15 | 0.094 | 1.4303 | 1.10(0.05;23.16) | 0.9486 |
Smeard | 3 | ||||
Sample size | |||||
≥100 | 4 | 1.813 | 1.0773 | 6.13(0.62–60.93) | 0.1130 |
<100 | 14 | ||||
Geographical location | |||||
America | 9 | 0.118 | 0.54 | 1.12(0.36–3.56) | 0.8306 |
Europe | 3 | ||||
Asia | 6 | ||||
QUADAS scores | |||||
≥10 | 10 | −1.962 | 0.9976 | 0.14(0.02–1.18) | 0.0679 |
<10 | 8 |
