Table 3.

Summary of the pooled ORs and corresponding AUCs of each models for predictive capability of CSS

	Preoperative Karakiewicz	Postoperative Karakiewicz	Kattan	Cindolo
No. studies	4	7	4	2
Heterogeneity test
x2	0.40	0.40	0.02	0.20
df	3	6	3	1
p value	0.94	1.00	1.00	0.59
Combined Odds Ratio
OR	8.47	8.82	6.52	2.61
95%CI	2.79–25.70	2.08–37.40	1.80–23.57	1.58–4.30
Converted AUC (SE)	0.810 (0.01)	0.814 (0.01)	0.780 (0.01)	0.655 (0.01)
Gain in predictive accuracy % (p value)		0.004 (0.730)b	0.125 (<0.01)f	-
	0.030 (0.020)a	0.034 (<0.01)d
	0.155 (<0.01)c	0.159 (<0.01)e

OR: odds ratio; AUC: area under the curve; CSS: cancer-specific survival; df: degree of freedom; CI: confidential interval; SE: standard error.

^aPreoperative Karakiewicz vs. Kattan;

^bPreoperative Karakiewicz vs. Postoperative Karakiewicz;

^cPreoperative Karakiewicz vs. Cindolo;

^dPostoperative Karakiewicz vs. Kattan;

^ePostoperative Karakiewicz vs. Cindolo;

^fKattan vs. Cindolo.