Table 3.
Prevalence of FTI (random effects, I2 = 99%, symbol size reflects weight).
| Study | PETs | FTI | Prevalence [95% CI] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaish et al. (64) | 37000 | 61 | 0.17 [0.13, 0.21] |
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| Agrawal et al. (52) | 29300 | 147 | 0.50 [0.42, 0.58] | |
| Flukes et al.(61) | 27851 | 154 | 0.55 [0.45, 0.65] | |
| Marques et al. (48) | 9374 | 60 | 0.64 [0.48, 0.80] | |
| Hagenimana et al. (65) | 40914 | 304 | 0.74 [0.66, 0.82] | |
| Hassan et al. (62) | 10012 | 93 | 0.93 [0.73, 1.13] | |
| Adas et al. (51) | 2654 | 25 | 0.94 [0.57, 1.31] | |
| Nilsson et al. (29) | 3641 | 37 | 1.02 [0.69, 1.35] | |
| Pattison et al. (73) | 45680 | 500 | 1.10 [1.00, 1.20] | |
| Brindle et al. (45) | 7221 | 81 | 1.12 [0.87, 1.37] | |
| Achury et al. (44) | 4085 | 46 | 1.13 [0.80, 1.46] | |
| Pak et al. (69) | 28824 | 332 | 1.15 [1.03, 1.27] | |
| Thuillier et al. (71) | 10118 | 131 | 1.30 [1.08, 1.52] | |
| Kim et al. (23) | 1623 | 159 | 1.37 [1.15, 1.59] | |
| Bertagna et al. (41) | 49519 | 729 | 1.47 [1.35, 1.59] | |
| Prichard et al. (32) | 2105 | 35 | 1.66 [1.11, 2.21] | |
| Sager et al. (74) | 12796 | 221 | 1.73 [1.49, 1.97] | |
| Pagano et al. (31) | 1040 | 191 | 1.73 [1.48, 1.98] | |
| Bonabi et al. (35) | 3062 | 53 | 1.73 [1.26, 2.20] | |
| Yang et al. (40) | 15948 | 281 | 1.76 [1.54, 1.98] | |
| Larg et al. (77) | 6900 | 126 | 1.83 [1.52, 2.14] | |
| Ozderya et al. (68) | 6873 | 135 | 1.96 [1.63, 2.29] | |
| Elzein et al. (47) | 1753 | 35 | 2.00 [1.33, 2.67] | |
| Chun et al. (53) | 2584 | 52 | 2.01 [1.46, 2.56] | |
| Kim et al. (56) | 23462 | 493 | 2.10 [1.90, 2.30] | |
| Kim et al. (42) | 22674 | 483 | 2.13 [1.93, 2.33] | |
| Choi et al. (46) | 7914 | 171 | 2.16 [1.83, 2.49] | |
| Kim et al. (42) | 12119 | 262 | 2.16 [1.91, 2.41] | |
| Makis et al. (67) | 7252 | 157 | 2.17 [1.84, 2.50] | |
| Oven et al. (79) | 1840 | 40 | 2.17 [1.50, 2.84] | |
| Nishimori et al. (30) | 4726 | 103 | 2.18 [1.75, 2.61] | |
| Stangierski et al. (49) | 5520 | 122 | 2.21 [1.82, 2.60] | |
| Kao et al. (37) | 942 | 21 | 2.23 [1.27, 3.19] | |
| Kumar et al. (76) | 1016 | 23 | 2.26 [1.34, 3.18] | |
| Wong et al. (33) | 7896 | 188 | 2.38 [2.05, 2.71] | |
| Jamsek et al. (55) | 5911 | 148 | 2.50 [2.09, 2.91] | |
| Sollini et al. (70) | 17104 | 453 | 2.65 [2.41, 2.89] | |
| Demir et al. (60) | 1450 | 39 | 2.69 [1.85, 3.53] | |
| Yaylai et al. (50) | 2000 | 57 | 2.85 [2.11, 3.59] | |
| Boeckmann et al. (34) | 23384 | 690 | 2.95 [2.73, 3.17] | |
| Kung et al. (24) | 1407 | 45 | 3.20 [2.26, 4.14] | |
| Zhai et al. (25) | 3580 | 115 | 3.21 [2.62, 3.80] | |
| Czepcyński et al. (26) | 1925 | 71 | 3.69 [2.83, 4.55] | |
| Sharma et al. (57) | 235 | 9 | 3.83 [1.32, 6.34] | |
| Bariio et al. (59) | 6216 | 243 | 3.91 [3.42, 4.40] | |
| Chung et al. (72) | 96942 | 4672 | 4.82 [4.68, 4.96] | |
| Gavriel et al. (54) | 1034 | 51 | 4.93 [3.58, 6.28] | |
| Lee et al. (38) | 327 | 17 | 5.20 [2.73, 7.67] | |
| Bakhshayesh Karam et al. (81) | 1126 | 78 | 6.93 [5.40, 8.46] | |
| Kamakshi et al. (82) | 1737 | 204 | 11.74 [10.13, 13.35] | |
| Summary | 2.22 [1.90, 2.54) |
PET, Positron Emission Tomography; FTI, Focal Thyroid Incidentaloma.