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. 2021 Nov 5;12(24):3327–3332. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.14206

TABLE 1.

General characteristics of the included studies

Author Time Sample size Cancer Control TNM Tissue Country Methods
(M+/M−) (M+/M−)
Schmidt 12 2010 523 190/91 12/230 I–IV BALF German MSP
Christoph 13 2011 343 112/76 16/139 I–IV Plasma German MSP
Konecny 14 2016 63 31/6 4/22 NA BALF German MSP
Konecny 14 2016 59 20/11 6/22 NA Plasma German MSP
Peter 15 2014 118 48/27 1/42 NA BALF German MSP
Dietrich 16 2012 204 78/22 4/100 I–IV BALF German MSP
DietrichV 16 2012 114 7/51 0/56 NA Pleural effusion German MSP
Peter 17 2013 719 138/138 70/373 NA Pleural effusion German MSP
Li 18 2014 47 10/18 0/9 NA Pleural effusion China MSP
Zhang 19 2016 277 98/32 34/113 NA BALF China MSP
Wang 20 2016 243 79/44 8/112 NA BALF China MSP
Ren 21 2017 253 79/44 10/120 I–IV BALF China MSP
Rong 22 2018 48 18/20 2/8 III/IV Plasma China MSP
Wang 23 2018 120 57/23 1/39 I–IV Plasma China MSP
Peng 24 2018 48 18/20 2/8 NA Plasma China MSP‐DHPL
Lin 25 2019 202 29/4 18/151 I–IV BALF China MSP
Chen 26 2019 276 101/30 22/123 I–IV BALF China MSP
Sun 27 2020 180 53/67 3/57 I–IV Plasma China MSP
Sun 27 2020 180 74/67 4/56 I–IV BALF China MSP
Tian 28 2020 134 54/13 12/55 Early stage BALF China MSP
Yang 29 2021 104 32/16 14/42 NA Plasma China MSP

Abbreviations: BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; MSP, methylation specific PCR; M+, methylation positive; M−, methylation negative; NA, not available.