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. 2018 Jul 19;2018:8345893. doi: 10.1155/2018/8345893

Table 1.

Main characteristics of included studies.

First author & Study year Nationality Age (yrs) P16INK4a positive (n) P16INK4a negative (n) Detection method Cut-off value Follow-up time (yrs) HR 95% CI
Bethune 2012 Canada 63.0 mean 23 20 IHC >0 3.9 mean 0.53 0.26–1.06
Gunia 2012 Germany 67.2 mean 54 38 IHC >0 2.7 median 0.44 0.23–0.84
Ferrándiz 2013 Spain 69.0 median 31 47 IHC H-score: 50 2.5 median 0.13 0.02–0.98
Bezerra 2015 United States 65.0 median 23 30 IHC NM NM 0.54 0.13–2.19
Zargar 2016 United States 60.0 median 23 34 IHC Median 1.8 median 0.43 0.16–1.20

n, number; IHC, immunohistochemistry; yrs, years; NM, not mentioned; H-score, histological score; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence interval;

∧, HR outcome directly reported by studies; ∗, HR outcome extracted from survival curve.