Table 2 Meta-regression results.

From: Accuracy of the serum intestinal fatty-acid-binding protein for diagnosis of acute intestinal ischemia: a meta-analysis

 

Number of studies

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

LRT χ2

I2

P value

QUADAS scores

9

0.79 (0.69–0.86)

0.82 (0.63–0.92)

0.67

0

0.72

Sample size

9

0.79 (0.71–0.86)

0.86 (0.75–0.92)

1.61

0

0.45

Cutoff value

9

0.80 (0.72–0.86)

0.85 (0.74–0.92)

0.22

0

0.90

Reference standard for diagnosis

      

Histopathological

6

0.81 (0.72–0.89)

0.87 (0.77–0.97)

0.24

0

0.89

Non-histopathological

3

0.79 (0.67–0.90)

0.82 (0.62–1.00)

   
  1. LRT: likelihood ratio test.
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