Table 3.
OS | RFS | |||||||||
Heterogeneity | Heterogeneity | |||||||||
Subgroup analysis | No. of studies | Pooled HR (95% CI) | P value | I2 (%) | P | No, of studies | Pooled HR (95% CI) | P value | I2 (%) | P |
Overall | 6 | 0.50 (0.40–0.62) | <.01 | 0 | .89 | 5 | 0.48 (0.36–0.65) | <.01 | 0 | 1.00 |
Study setting | ||||||||||
Asia | 3 | 0.54 (0.40–0.74) | <.01 | 0 | .85 | 3 | 0.46 (0.31–0.69) | .01 | 0 | .98 |
Europe | 3 | 0.46 (0.34–0.62) | <.01 | 0 | .61 | 2 | 0.51 (0.33–0.78) | <.01 | 0 | .90 |
Year of publication | ||||||||||
Before 2015 | 2 | 0.47 (0.27–0.79) | <.01 | 0 | .32 | 2 | 0.49 (0.32–0.74) | <.01 | 0 | .74 |
After 2015 | 4 | 0.51 (0.40–0.64) | <.01 | 0 | .87 | 3 | 0.48 (0.32–0.72) | <.01 | 0 | .99 |
NOS score | ||||||||||
6 | 1 | 0.59 (0.41–0.85) | <.01 | 0 | .79 | – | – | – | – | – |
7 | 2 | 0.45 (0.32–0.63) | <.01 | 0 | .75 | 3 | 0.46 (0.31–0.69) | <.01 | 0 | .98 |
8 | 3 | 0.48 (0.31–0.72) | <.01 | 0 | .61 | 2 | 0.51 (0.33–0.78) | <.01 | 0 | .90 |
CI = confidence interval, HR = hazard ratio, NOS = Newcastle-Ottawa Scale, OS = overall survival, RFS = recurrence-free survival.