Table 3.
The meta-analysis results of three scoring systems (AECG as the diagnostic criteria).
| Scoring System | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–4 | 0–16 | 0–48 | |
| Sensitivity | |||
| Pooled Sensitivity (95% CI) | 0.75 (0.71–0.79) | 0.84 (0.81–0.87) | 0.75 (0.70–0.80) |
| Chi-square (Degree of Freedom) | 74.65 (6) | 13.74 (5) | 32.83 (3) |
| P Value | 0.0000 | 0.0174 | 0.0000 |
| Inconsistency (I2) | 92.0% | 63.6% | 90.9% |
| Specificity | |||
| Pooled Specificity (95% CI) | 0.93 (0.90–0.95) | 0.88 (0.85–0.91) | 0.95 (0.91–0.97) |
| Chi-square (Degree of Freedom) | 21.04 (6) | 14.47 (5) | 18.69 (3) |
| P Value | 0.0018 | 0.0129 | 0.0003 |
| Inconsistency (I2) | 71.5% | 65.4% | 83.9% |
| Diagnostic Odds Ratio | |||
| Pooled Diagnostic Odds Ratio (95% CI) | 71.26 (42.29–120.09) | 46.3 (19.95–107.44) | 66.07 (33.73–129.42) |
| Cochran-Q (Degree of Freedom) | 4.25 (6) | 19.07 (5) | 2.11 (3) |
| P Value | 0.6430 | 0.0019 | 0.5507 |
| Inconsistency (I2) | 0.0% | 73.8% | 0.0% |
| Tau-squared | 0.0000 | 0.7812 | 0.0000 |
Cl = confidence interval.