Table 2.
Outcome of interest | No. of studies | No. of patients | OR | 95%CI | P-value | I2 (%) |
Overall morbidity | 10[8-10,16-18,20,22-24] | Bev + = 452, Bev - = 494 | 1.17 | 1.00, 1.37 | 0.06 | 0 |
Severe complication | 8[8-10,16,17,20,22,23] | Bev + = 390, Bev - = 421 | 1.57 | 0.97, 2.53 | 0.07 | 18 |
Wound complication | 6[8-10,16,22,23] | Bev + = 269, Bev - = 296 | 1.43 | 0.82, 2.50 | 0.21 | 0 |
Bleeding/thromboembolic complication | 5[8-10,23,24] | Bev + = 218, Bev - = 284 | 0.99 | 0.41, 2.38 | 0.98 | 0 |
Cardiovascular complication | 2[16,23] | Bev + = 148, Bev - = 141 | 1.14 | 0.23, 5.56 | 0.88 | 0 |
Pulmonary complication | 6[8,16,18,20,23,24] | Bev + = 247, Bev - = 267 | 1.10 | 0.60, 2.02 | 0.77 | 0 |
Renal or urinary complication | 6[8,16,18,20,23,24] | Bev + = 247, Bev - = 267 | 0.73 | 0.24, 2.23 | 0.58 | 0 |
Hepatic dysfunction | 5[16-18,20,23] | Bev + = 223, Bev - = 219 | 0.48 | 0.22, 1.05 | 0.07 | 0 |
Mortality | 10[8-10,16-18,20,22-24] | Bev + = 452, Bev - = 494 | 0.63 | 0.16, 2.56 | 0.52 | 0 |
Overall sinusoidal dilation | 6[15,19-21,23,24] | Bev + = 265, Bev - = 395 | 0.53 | 0.38, 0.75 | < 0.001 | 0 |
Moderate or severe sinusoidal dilation | 6[15,18-21,24] | Bev + = 267,Bev - = 387 | 0.34 | 0.19,0.64 | < 0.001 | 46 |
OR: Odds ratio; Bev: Bevacizumab.