Table 2 Summary of findings with sensitivity analysis.

Techniques and outcomes	Odds ratio for overall analysis	Analysis of only pancreatic lesion	Exclusion of studies with ROSE
DS/NS/SSP/WS, dry suction/no suction/slow stylet pull/wet suction. The table shows odds of an outcome with the first suction technique mentioned in each row compared to the second technique.
Sample adequacy
DS vs. NS	1.45 (0.60–3.52)	1.00 (0.51–2.07)	1.65 (0.49–5.33)
DS vs. SSP	0.94 (0.36–2.51)	1.11 (0.56–2.28)	1.01 (0.23–4.39)
DS vs. WS	0.62 (0.26–1.49)	0.75 (0.15–3.72)	0.65 (0.18–2.36)
NS vs. SSP	0.64 (0.19–2.24)	1.11 (0.42–2.97)	1.64 (0.29–9.02)
NS vs. WS	0.42 (0.13–1.37)	0.73 (0.13–4.26)	0.39 (0.08–2.00)
SSP vs. WS	0.66 (0.19–2.25)	0.66 (0.12–3.81)	0.64 (0.09–4.47)
Moderate to high cellularity
DS vs. NS	1.47 (0.63–3.52)	1.68 (0.61–4.56)	1.44 (0.58–3.55)
DS vs. SSP	0.68 (0.33–1.72)	0.69 (0.30–1.69)	0.67 (0.26–1.79)
DS vs. WS	0.65 (0.35–1.29)	0.76 (0.15–3.68)	0.59 (0.22–1.61)
NS vs. SSP	0.46 (0.17–1.29)	0.41 (0.14–1.31)	0.47 (0.15–1.45)
NS vs. WS	0.44 (0.16–1.33)	0.45 (0.07–2.86)	0.41 (0.12–1.41)
SSP vs. WS	0.97 (0.33–2.91)	1.10 (0.20–5.68)	0.89 (0.22–3.37)
Gross bloodiness
DS vs. NS	1.85 (0.95–3.99)	1.91 (1.00–4.23)	2.06 (0.97–4.83)
DS vs. SSP	1.04 (0.53–2.03)	1.02 (0.50–2.11)	0.99 (0.43–2.18)
DS vs. WS	2.00 (1.03–4.14)	3.05 (0.96–9.35)	2.88 (1.33–6.13)
NS vs. SSP	0.56 (0.19–1.61)	0.53 (0.19–1.34)	0.48 (0.15–1.34)
NS vs. WS	1.08 (0.42–2.69)	1.59 (0.37–5.76)	1.39 (0.48–3.56)
SSP vs. WS	1.92 (0.65–5.77)	3.00 (0.77–10.83)	2.91 (0.96–8.90)
Diagnostic accuracy
DS vs. NS	0.99 (0.52–1.98)	1.00 (0.51–2.07)	1.40 (0.45–4.29)
DS vs. SSP	1.09 (0.57–2.19)	1.11 (0.56–2.28)	1.75 (0.73–4.23)
DS vs. WS	0.74 (0.37–1.43)	0.75 (0.15–3.72)	0.74 (0.38–1.42)
NS vs. SSP	1.10 (0.43–2.80)	1.11 (0.42–2.97)	1.24 (0.30–5.36)
NS vs. WS	0.74 (0.28–1.85)	0.73 (0.13–4.26)	0.53 (0.15–1.93)
SSP vs. WS	0.67 (0.25–1.67)	0.66 (0.12–3.81)	0.43 (0.14–1.26)