Table 5.

Results of meta-analysis for sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value on various level of fibrosis; Positive Predictive Value (PPV), Negative Predictive Value (NPV), fibrosis (F

	Heterogeneity statistic	Degrees of freedom	P value	I-squared	Tau-squared
F≥1, Sensitivity	0.22	2	0.897	0.0%	0.000
F≥1, Specificity	22.34	2	0.000	91.0%	307.52
F≥1,PPV	21.71	2	0.000	90.8%	191.84
F≥1,NPV	13.91	2	0.001	85.6%	186.66
F≥2, Sensitivity	60.85	5	0.000	91.8%	128.68
F≥2, Specificity	20.85	5	0.001	76.0%	55.402
F≥2,PPV	30.22	5	0.000	83.5%	114.18
F≥2,NPV	33.27	5	0.000	85.0%	55.201
F≥3, Sensitivity	79.12	6	0.000	92.4%	82.26
F≥3, Specificity	58.22	6	0.000	89.7%	71.80
F≥3,PPV	229.54	6	0.000	97.4%	514.27
F≥3,NPV	14.78	6	0.020	59.4%	6.78
F≥4, Sensitivity	30.33	3	0.000	90.1%	42.59
F≥4, Specificity	13.49	3	0.004	77.8%	19.07
F≥4,PPV	43.75	3	0.000	93.1%	302.15
F≥4,NPV	0.94	3	0.815	0.0%	0.000