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. 2012 Nov 26;31(1):98. doi: 10.1186/1756-9966-31-98

Table 1.

Study characteristics for the included studies

Autor (year-country)
Total number of patients
Median age (range)
Male: Female
Adequacy of antibody methods
Blinding of Cdx2 evaluation
  Cdx2 positive Cdx2 negative   Cdx2 positive Cdx2 negative    
Ge [34]
59
107
52.2
37:22
51:56
Yes
Yes
(2008-china)
 
 
(32–72)
 
 
 
 
Okayama [14]
55
80
63.4
46:9
45:35
Yes
Yes
(2009-Japan)
 
 
(31–87)
 
 
 
 
Kim [5]
150
109
57.8
114:36
61:48
Yes
Yes
(2006- Korea)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roessler [15]
109
81
61.1
57:52
33:48
Yes
Yes
(2005-Germany)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fan [16]
40
69
59
33:7
42:27
Yes
Yes
(2005-china)
 
 
(29–82)
 
 
 
 
Bai [17]
36
55
62.78
28:8
43:12
Yes
Yes
(2007-china)
 
 
(19–87)
 
 
 
 
Zhang [27]
57
52
62.43
Unclear
Unclear
Yes
Yes
(2009-Japan)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zhou [28]
49
81
52
40:9
49:32
Yes
Unclear
(2006-china)
 
 
(34–73)
 
 
 
 
Hu [29]
27
25
57
Unclear
Unclear
Yes
Unclear
(2009-china)
 
 
(35–78)
 
 
 
 
Liu [30]
25
25
53.2
20:5
18:7
Yes
Yes
(2007-China)
 
 
(38–74)
 
 
 
 
Oz [26]
37
33
64.62
Unclear
Unclear
Yes
Yes
(2011-Turkey)
 
 
(26–80)
 
 
 
 
Qin [12]
41
44
61.75
30:11
30:14
Yes
Yes
(2012-China)
 
 
(20–87)
 
 
 
 
Chu [31]
30
37
61
23:7
26:11
Yes
Yes
(2011-china)     (35–87)