Table 1 Characteristics of studies for association between OPN and colorectal cancers.

From: The impact of osteopontin on prognosis and clinicopathology of colorectal cancer patients: a systematic meta-analysis

Study/Year (Reference)

Tumor site

Sample size

Sample source

Tumor grade (I–II/III–IV)

OPN Detection method

cut-off level of ‘high’ OPN expression

No. of patients with ‘high’ OPN

Follow-up duration (months)

Survival rate (%)

Study quality (Points)

2-year

3-year

5-year

Low OPN

High OPN

Low OPN

High OPN

Low OPN

High OPN

Rohde F 2007

colon

120

Tissue

NR

RT-PCR

≥9-fold

39

44–131

88.9

66.7

82.7

53.8

77.8

51.3

8/9

Chen SH 2007

colorectal

60

Tissue

20/40

IHC

>10%

40

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Wang XF 2008

colon

60

Tissue

17/43

IHC

IRS ≥ 4

43

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Chen Y 2009

colorectal

76

Serum

NR

Elisa

>157.9 ng/ml

38

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Likui W 2010

colorectal

84

Tissue

75/9

RT-PCR

>value of 0.276

42

60

92.9

71.4

83.3

52.4

71.4

45.2

7/9

Wild N 2010

colorectal

265

Serum

NR

Elisa

>specificity of 95%

80

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Lin AY 2011

colorectal

154

Tissue

NR

IHC

IRS ≥ 2

90

7–184

60.6

53.3

52.5

48.9

47.5

37.8

8/9

Zhao M 2011

colorectal

30

Tissue

NR

IHC

IRS ≥ 4

23

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Jing LI 2012

colorectal

77

Tissue

57/20

IHC

>10%

38

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Sun L 2012

colorectal

213

Tissue

186/25

IHC

IRS ≥ 2

76

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Yang LJ 2012

colorectal

60

Tissue

17/43

IHC

IRS ≥ 1

43

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Uhlmann ME 2012

colorectal

118

Tissue

NR

RT-PCR

>75% quantile

26

133

92.2

76.9

89.6

73.1

74.0

69.2

8/9

Rao G 2013

colorectal

190

Tissue

138/52

IHC

Moderate staining

124

60

66.7

40.3

54.5

27.4

54.5

25.8

8/9

Viana Lde S 2013

colorectal

114

Tissue

NR

IHC

IRS > 4

103

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

Wang CJ 2014

colorectal

76

Tissue

34/42

IHC

IRS > 3

39

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

6/9

  1. RT-PCR, reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; IHC, immunohistochemistry; Elisa, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IRS: immunoreactive score, NR: not reported; OPN: osteopontin.