Table 2. Meta-analysis results of the associations of lncRNA-H19 with OS according to subgroup analysis.
Categories | Studies (n) | Number of patients | Fixed-effects model | Heterogeneity | ||
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HR (95% CI) for OS | p-value | I2 (%) | Ph | |||
[1] OS | 10 | 1234 | 1.08(1.05-1.12) | < 0.001 | 38.6 | 0.101 |
[2] Cancer type | ||||||
1) Digestive system cancers | 6 | 966 | 1.07(1.01-1.13) | < 0.001 | 52.9 | 0.060 |
Others | 4 | 268 | 1.09(1.05-13) | < 0.001 | 22.4 | 0.276 |
2) Gastric cancer | 4 | 643 | 1.15(1.01-1.28) | < 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.756 |
Others | 6 | 591 | 1.08(1.04-1.11) | < 0.001 | 60.3 | 0.027 |
[3] Analysis type | ||||||
Multivariate | 5 | 453 | 1.10(1.06-1.14) | < 0.001 | 62.9 | 0.029 |
Non-multivariate | 5 | 781 | 1.03(0.96-1.10) | < 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.883 |
[4] Sample size | ||||||
≥ 100 | 3 | 729 | 1.03(0.96-1.10) | < 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.449 |
< 100 | 7 | 505 | 1.10(1.06-1.14) | < 0.001 | 41.5 | 0.115 |