Table 3. Subgroup analyses for studies investigating FA values in the intratumoral region.
Subgroup | No. of studies | SMD | 95% CI | P value | I2 |
Study design | |||||
Prospective | 3 | 0.38 | 0.01–0.75 | 0.042 | 3.5 |
Retrospective | 4 | 0.04 | −1.26–1.34 | 0.952 | 90.2 |
Type of gliomas | |||||
High-grade glioma | 2 | 0.54 | 0.05–1.02 | 0.030 | 0 |
Glioblastoma | 5 | 0.04 | −0.88–0.95 | 0.940 | 87.6 |
Field strength (T) | |||||
3.0 | 3 | 0.78 | 0.24–1.32 | 0.005 | 55.6 |
1.5 | 4 | −0.38 | −1.13–0.37 | 0.316 | 69.4 |
Significant P values were shown in bold.