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. 2020 Jul;8(13):822. doi: 10.21037/atm-20-151

Table 3. Subgroup analyses of the relationship between CD8+ T lymphocyte subsets and OS.

Outcome subgroup Study number Case number HR (95% CI) Model P value Heterogeneity
I2 (%) P value
Ethnicity
   Asian 12 2,035 0.72 (0.62–0.83) Fixed <0.00001 0 0.45
   Caucasian 5 494 0.58 (0.44–0.76) Fixed <0.0001 9 0.36
Histology
   ESCC 10 1,700 0.74 (0.63–0.87) Fixed 0.0005 14 0.32
   EAC 4 424 0.67 (0.46–0.98) Fixed 0.04 8 0.35
   Both 3 405 0.59 (0.47–0.74) Fixed <0.00001 0 0.57
Sample size
   <100 5 436 0.57 (0.33–0.98) Random 0.11 60 0.04
   >100 12 2,093 0.70 (0.61–0.81) Fixed <0.00001 0 0.85
Cut-off values
   Median 9 1546 0.70 (0.58–0.83) Fixed 0.0002 12 0.34
   Others 8 983 0.67 (0.57–0.80) Fixed <0.0001 14 0.32
Publication year
   Before 2010 4 427 0.58 (0.46–0.74) Fixed <0.00001 0 0.62
   After 2010 13 2,102 0.72 (0.63–0.84) Fixed 0.02 8 0.36
Country
   China 7 1,400 0.76 (0.64–0.91) Fixed 0.002 0 0.49
   Japan 5 635 0.67 (0.53–0.84) Fixed 0.0008 0 0.83
   Australia 1 105 0.62 (0.28–1.37) 0.24
   Germany 2 180 0.57 (0.42–0.78) Fixed 0.0005 28 0.24
   Sweden 1 98 0.10 (0.01–0.85) 0.04
   Switzerland 1 111 0.73 (0.35–1.49) 0.38

ESCC, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; EAC, esophageal adenocarcinoma; OS, overall survival; HR, hazard ratio; CI, confidence intervals.