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. 2020 Sep 16;22(9):e21983. doi: 10.2196/21983

Table 2.

Summary of diagnostic test accuracy and subgroup analysis of the included studies with patient-based analysis.

Subgroup Number of included studies Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) PLRa NLRb DORc AUCd
Value of meta-analysis in all included studies 6 0.87 (0.72-0.94) 0.86 (0.77-0.92) 6.2 (3.8-10.1) 0.15 (0.07-0.34) 40 (15-112) 0.92 (0.90-0.94)
Methodological quality of included studiese







High quality 5 0.89 (0.75-0.96) 0.88 (0.83-0.92) 7.7 (5.6-10.6) 0.12 (0.05-0.28) 64 (32-129) 0.94 (0.91-0.95)

Low quality 1 Null Null Null Null Null Null
Total number of included patientse







≤100 4 0.90 (0.73-0.97) 0.88 (0.81-0.93) 7.6 (5.3-10.9) 0.11 (0.04-0.32) 68 (29-158) 0.94 (0.91-0.95)

<100 2 Null Null Null Null Null Null
Format of study







Retrospective 4 0.90 (0.73-0.97) 0.88 (0.81-0.93) 7.6 (5.3-10.9) 0.11 (0.04-0.32) 68 (29-158) 0.94 (0.91-0.95)

Prospective 2 Null Null Null Null Null Null
Published year







After 2010 4 0.80 (0.64-0.90) 0.86 (0.73-0.93) 5.6 (2.8-11.3) 0.24 (0.13-0.45) 23 (8-72) 0.90 (0.87-0.92)

Before 2010 2 Null Null Null Null Null Null
Type of AIf







Neural network–based 4 0.78 (0.64-0.87) 0.87 (0.74-0.94) 6.0 (2.7-13.0) 0.26 (0.15-0.44) 23 (7-73) 0.89 (0.86-0.91)

SVMg-based 2 Null Null Null Null Null Null
Type of endoscopic image







WLIh 5 0.86 (0.67-0.95) 0.86 (0.75-0.92) 6.1 (3.4-10.9) 0.16 (0.06-0.42) 37 (11-124) 0.92 (0.89-0.94)

LCIi 1 Null Null Null Null Null Null
Classifying performance between Helicobacter pylori–positive vs H pylori–naïve patients 2 0.82 (0.74-0.89) 0.85 (0.81-0.89) 3.5 (0.8-14.3) 0.27 (0.05-1.41) 13 (0.8-229) Null

aPLR: positive likelihood ratio.

bNLR: negative likelihood ratio.

cDOR: diagnostic odds ratio.

dAUC: area under the curve.

eThese modifiers were significant in the meta-regression analysis.

fAI: artificial intelligence.

gSVM: support vector machine.

hWLI: white-light imaging.

iLCI: linked color imaging.