Table 1 The main characteristics of eligible studies.

From: MicroRNAs with prognostic significance in bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study (year)

miR

Population

Study design

Stage

Case number

Gender (M/F)

Follow up (month)

Detecting method

Detected sample

Cut-off

Survival outcome

HR availability

Adjusted

Quality scorea

Veerla 2009

452

Sweden

R cohort study

Ta-T3

34

NR

 > 50

ISH

Tissue

Upper tertile

OS

Report

NR

6

 

452*

Sweden

R cohort study

Ta-T3

34

NR

 > 50

ISH

Tissue

Upper tertile

OS

Report

NR

 

Dyrskjøt 2009

133b

Denmark

R cohort study

Ta-T4

106

81/25

~90

qRT-PCR

Tissue

ROC curve

PFS

Report

Yes

7

 

518c*

Denmark

R cohort study

Ta-T4

106

81/25

~90

qRT-PCR

Tissue

ROC curve

PFS

Report

Yes

 
 

129

Denmark

R cohort study

Ta-T4

106

81/25

~90

qRT-PCR

Tissue

ROC curve

PFS

Report

Yes

 
 

29c

Denmark

R cohort study

Ta-T4

106

81/25

~90

qRT-PCR

Tissue

ROC curve

PFS

Report

Yes

 

Wang 2012

100

China

R cohort study

Ta-T4

126

87/39

36

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,PFS

Report

Yes

7

Yun 2012

200

Korea

P cohort study

Ta-T1

138

NR

7–76

qRT-PCR

Urine cell-free

ROC curve

RFS

Report

Yes

8

Zaravinos 2012

21

Greece

R cohort study

Ta-T4

77

68/9

~50

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,RFS

Report

Yes

8

 

210

Greece

R cohort study

Ta-T4

77

68/9

~50

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS

Report

Yes

 
 

387

Greece

R cohort study

Ta-T4

77

68/9

~50

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,RFS

Report

Yes

 

Puerta-Gil 2012

222

Spain

P cohort study

Ta-T4

113

101/12

36

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,CSS, RFS,PFS

SC

NR

6

 

143

Spain

P cohort study

Ta-T4

113

101/12

36

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

RFS,PFS

SC

NR

 

Kim 2013

214

Korea

R cohort study

Ta-T1

138

110/28

16–82

qRT-PCR

Urine cell-free

Median

RFS

Report

Yes

7

Wang 2013

31

China

R cohort study

Ta-T4

126

87/39

36

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,PFS

Report

Yes

8

Rosenberg 2013

29c*

Israel

R cohort study

Ta-T1

75

NR

53

ISH

Tissue

Upper tertile

PFS

SC

NR

6

Ratert 2013

141

Germany

R cohort study

Ta-T4

40

32/8

 > 100

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS

SC

NR

6

 

205

Germany

R cohort study

Ta-T4

40

32/8

 > 100

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS

SC

NR

 

Pignot 2013

9

France

R cohort study

T2-T4

72

58/15

15

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,RFS

SC

NR

6

 

182

France

R cohort study

T2-T4

72

58/15

15

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,RFS

SC

NR

 
 

200

France

R cohort study

T2-T4

72

58/15

15

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,RFS

SC

NR

 

Zhang 2014

101

China

R cohort study

T1-T4

72

42/30

~80

qRT-PCR

Tissue

T/N ratio > 0.45

OS

Report

Yes

8

Zhang 2014

222

China

R cohort study

Ta-T4

97

51/46

~60

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS

Report

Yes

8

Lin 2014

26a

China

R cohort study

Ta-T4

126

80/46

40

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

OS,DFS

Report

Yes

9

Drayton 2014

27a

UK

P cohort study

Ta-T4

139

100/39

~96

qRT-PCR

Tissue

T/N ratio > 2

RFS,PFS

DE

NR

6

 

27b

UK

P cohort study

Ta-T4

139

100/39

~96

qRT-PCR

Tissue

T/N ratio > 2

RFS,PFS

DE

NR

6

Zhang 2015

203

China

R cohort study

T2-T4

108

83/25

51.5

qRT-PCR

Tissue

ROC curve

OS,PFS

Report

Yes

9

Zhang 2015

21

China

R cohort study

T1-T4

53

35/18

~60

qRT-PCR

Tissue

T/N ratio > 6.7

OS

Report

Yes

8

Wu 2015

424

China

R cohort study

Ta-T4

124

77/47

94–144

ISH

Tissue

X-tile algorithm

OS,DFS

SC/Report

NR/Yes

6

Wang 2015

141

China

R cohort study

Ta-T4

114

86/28

43

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

CSS,DFS

Report

Yes

8

Wang 2015

214

China

P cohort study

T2-T4

129

NR

29

qRT-PCR

Urine cell-free

Median

OS,RFS

Report

Yes

8

Wang 2015

155

China

R cohort study

Ta-T4

102

61/41

~60

qRT-PCR

Tissue

Median

PFS

Report

Yes

8

Jiang 2015

152

China

R cohort study

Ta-T1

59

NR

~62

qRT-PCR

Serum

Median

RFS

Report

Yes

6

 

148b-3p

China

R cohort study

Ta-T1

59

NR

~62

qRT-PCR

Serum

Median

RFS

Report

NR

 
 

3187–3p

China

R cohort study

Ta-T1

59

NR

~62

qRT-PCR

Serum

Median

RFS

Report

Yes

 
 

15b-5p

China

R cohort study

Ta-T1

59

NR

~62

qRT-PCR

Serum

Median

RFS

Report

NR

 
 

27a-3p

China

R cohort study

Ta-T1

59

NR

~62

qRT-PCR

Serum

Median

RFS

Report

NR

 
 

30a-5p

China

R cohort study

Ta-T1

59

NR

~62

qRT-PCR

Serum

Median

RFS

Report

NR

 

Avgeris 2015

143

Greece

R cohort study

Ta-T4

133

NR

~48

qRT-PCR

Tissue

X-tile algorithm

OS,PFS

Report

NR

6

 

145

Greece

R cohort study

Ta-T4

133

NR

~48

qRT-PCR

Tissue

X-tile algorithm

OS,PFS

Report

NR

 
 

224

Greece

R cohort study

Ta-T4

133

NR

~48

qRT-PCR

Tissue

X-tile algorithm

OS,PFS

Report

NR

 

Andrew 2015

34a

USA

R cohort study

Ta-T1

229

171/58

46

ISH

Tissue

fluorescence scores 1+

RFS

Report

Yes

8

Martínez-Fernández 2015

200

Spain

R cohort study

Ta-T1

61

NR

28.8

qRT-PCR

Serum

Median

RFS

SC

NR

6

Zhang 2016

155

China

P cohort study

Ta-T1

162

126/36

51.5

qRT-PCR

Urine cell-free

ROC curve

RFS,PFS

Report

Yes

9

  1. miR: microRNA; HR: hazard ratio; R: retrospective; P: prospective; qRT-PCR: quantities reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; ISH: in situ hybridization; OS: overall survival; CSS: cancer-specific survival; RFS: recurrence-free survival; PFS: progression-free survival; DFS: disease-free survival; SC: survival curve; NR: not reported.
  2. aThe quality of the included studies was evaluated using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.