Table 2. Meta-analysis comparing HCC with CTNNB1 mutation and wild-type.
Outcome of interest | No. of studies | Number of tissue samples | OR/WMD | 95% CI | P value | I2(%) |
Overall Survival [15–18, 20, 23] | ||||||
1 year | 6 | CTNNB1 Mu=163, CTNNB1 Wt =866 | 0.52 | 0.34-0.81 | 0.004 | 18 |
3 year | 6 | CTNNB1 Mu=163, CTNNB1 Wt =866 | 0.28 | 0.18-0.42 | <0.00001 | 0 |
5 year | 6 | CTNNB1 Mu=163, CTNNB1 Wt =866 | -0.22 | -0.37--0.06 | 0.005 | 81 |
Differentiation grade [15, 18, 19, 23–26, 28–30,] | 10 | CTNNB1 Mu=184, CTNNB1 Wt =680 | 0.54 | 0.36-0.81 | 0.003 | 0 |
TMN stage [15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28] | 9 | CTNNB1 Mu=174, CTNNB1 Wt =841 | -0.25 | -0.33--0.18 | <0.00001 | 39 |
Metastasis [17, 22, 25, 26] | 4 | CTNNB1 Mu=69, CTNNB1 Wt =242 | 1.25 | 0.93-1.66 | 0.14 | 0 |
Vascular invasion [17, 22, 26] | 3 | CTNNB1 Mu=70, CTNNB1 Wt =223 | 1.42 | 0.82-2.45 | 0.21 | 43 |
Liver cirrhosis [19, 21, 22, 26] | 4 | CTNNB1 Mu=76, CTNNB1 Wt =138 | 0.21 | 0.11-0.39 | <0.00001 | 0 |
Tumor size [19, 22, 25, 26, 28] | 5 | CTNNB1 Mu=67, CTNNB1 Wt =171 | 1.24 | 0.37-4.11 | 0.72 | 54 |
HBV [15, 17–19, 21, 23, 25–28, 30, 31] | 12 | CTNNB1 Mu=213, CTNNB1 Wt =795 | 0.44 | 0.31-0.64 | <0.0001 | 0 |
HCV [15, 17, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31] | 9 | CTNNB1 Mu=111, CTNNB1 Wt =356 | 1.70 | 0.93-3.11 | 0.09 | 0 |
OR, odds ratio; WMD, weighted mean difference; CI, confidence interval; Mu, mutation; Wt, wild-type.