Table 3. Results of the sensitivity analysis.
| Excluded study | HR | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Darai, E. (1996) | 2.00 | 1.55–2.57 |
| 2 Faleiro Rodrigues, C. (2004) | 1.85 | 1.46–2.33 |
| 3 Voutilainen, K. A. (2006) | 1.91 | 1.50–2.45 |
| 4 Cho, E. Y. (2006) | 2.00 | 1.54–2.60 |
| 5 Blechschmidt, K. (2008) | 1.86 | 1.46–2.36 |
| 6 Shim, H. S. (2009) | 1.91 | 1.48–2.47 |
| 7 Ho, C. M. (2010) | 1.88 | 1.47–2.40 |
| 8 Dian, D. (2011) | 1.91 | 1.50–2.44 |
| 9 Huang, K. J. (2012) | 1.96 | 1.54–2.51 |
| 10 Taskin S. (2012) | 1.83 | 1.46–2.30 |
| 11 Bacic, B. (2013) | 1.84 | 1.45–2.34 |
| 12 Huang, H. N. (2014) | 1.99 | 1.57–2.52 |
| 13 Wang, Y. (2014) | 1.80 | 1.43–2.27 |
| 14 Mise, B. P. (2015) | 1.86 | 1.46–2.37 |
| 15 Liew, P. L. (2015) | 1.96 | 1.53–2.50 |
| 16 Yu, L. (2015) | 1.89 | 1.48–2.42 |
| 17 Sundov D. (2017) | 1.81 | 1.44–2.29 |