Table 2. Results of subgroup analyses of pooled HRs for OS with elevated MALAT-1 expression.
Categories | Number of studies | Number of patients | Pooled HR (95% CI) | Heterogeneity | |
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I2 (%) | P-value | ||||
Cancer type | |||||
Mixed | 4 | 891 | 2.57 (1.71, 3.85) | 0.4 | 0.834 |
TNBC | 2 | 182 | 1.88 (1.45, 2.44) | 0 | 0.39 |
Sample size | |||||
≥100 | 4 | 944 | 2.00 (1.59, 2.51) | 22.2 | 0.277 |
<100 | 2 | 128 | 2.85 (1.35, 6.04) | 0 | 0.923 |
Analysis method | |||||
Univariate | 4 | 386 | 2.55 (1.83, 3.55) | 0 | 0.988 |
Multivariate | 2 | 687 | 1.75 (1.31, 2.34) | 43.4 | 0.184 |