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. 2022 Mar 16;12:845549. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.845549

Table 6.

Pooled diagnostic performance of qualitative USE using only retrospective papers.

Method Sens, %(CI, %)(I-square, %) Spec, %(CI, %)(I-square, %) PLR(CI)(I-square, %) NLR(CI)(I-square, %) AUC(CI, %)
Qualitative USE 89.0
(87.5–90.4)
(92.1)
79.7
(77.7–81.6)
(96.8)
6.10
(2.81–13.24)
(96.2)
0.20
(0.10–0.39)
(96.4)
92.3
(89.3–95.3)
Quantitative USE 78.7
(76.0–81.2)
(63.1)
81.8
(79.8–83.8)
(89.3)
4.26
(2.71–6.68)
(93.8)
0.28
(0.23–0.34)
(58.1)
86.5
(84.7–88.2)

Retrospective papers analysis about semiquantitative USE was not performed because too few papers. USE, Ultrasound Elastography.