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. 2022 May 17;12(5):e051112. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-051112

Table 2.

The results of subgroup meta-analysis.

Subgroups Number State V.14.0 Revman V.5.3 R V.3.6.3
AUC (95% CI)-ROC Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) DOR (95% CI) Result of AUC comparison AUC Youden index
Thoracic surgery 9 0.73 (0.69 to 0.77)* † 0.73 (0.59 to 0.83) 0.62 (0.46 to 0.76) 4 (2 to 10) 0.35
 Lateral position 8 0.71 (0.67 to 0.75)‡ 0.69 (0.55 to 0.81) 0.62 (0.43 to 0.77) 4 (2 to 8) 0.31
 Supine position 1 0.82 (0.73 to 0.92) 0.87 (0.85 to 0.89) 0.66 (0.63 to 0.69) 0.53
 Thoracoscopy 3 High 0.73 0.38
 Thoracotomy 5 Low 0.67 0.32
 Colloid 8 0.76 (0.72 to 0.79) 0.77 (0.66 to 0.85) 0.59 (0.42 to 0.74) 5 (2 to 11) 0.36
 Crystalloid 1 0.47 (0.30 to 0.65) 0.36 0.82 0.18
 Large bolus 8 0.76 (0.72 to 0.79) 0.77 (0.66 to 0.85) 0.59 (0.42 to 0.74) 5 (2 to 11) 0.36
 Small bolus 1 0.47 (0.30 to 0.65) 0.36 0.82 0.18
 FloTrac/Vigileo 6 High 0.80* 0.38
 PiCCO 2 Low 0.42 0.19
 PEEP 6 Low 0.67 0.33
 Non-PEEP 2 High 0.74 0.39
 Large TV 4 0.81 (0.77 to 0.84‡) 0.73 (0.58 to 0.85) 0.75 (0.58 to 0.86) 8 (3 to 26) 0.48
 Small TV 5 0.67 (0.63 to 0.71) 0.73 (0.50 to 0.83) 0.54 (0.32 to 0.74) 3 (1 to 8) 0.27
Cardiac surgery 8 0.80 (0.77 to 0.83)† 0.71 (0.65 to 0.77) 0.76 (0.69 to 0.82) 8 (5 to 12) 0.47
 FloTrac/Vigileo 3 Low 0.73 0.46
 PiCCO 5 High 0.66 0.48
 Large bolus 4 Low 0.73 0.46
 Small bolus 2 High 0.86 0.62
 Crystalloid 1 0.70 (0.47 to 0.92) 0.56 0.69 0.25
 Colloid 5 0.85 (0.81 to 0.88) 0.79 (0.70 to 0.86) 0.76 (0.67 to 0.84) 12 (6 to 25) 0.55
 Preoperation 6 Low 0.70 0.41
 Postoperation 2 High 0.85 0.63
 Peep 6 Low 0.67 0.47
 Non-Peep 2 High 0.77 0.53
 Fluid challenge 6 High 0.73 0.52
 PLR 2 Low 0.65 0.41
ICU after cardiac surgery 6 0.88 (0.86 to 0.92)* 0.85 (0.60 to 0.96) 0.85 (0.74 to 0.92) 32 (9 to 108) 0.70
 Fluid challenge 2 Low 0.73 0.41
 PLR 4 High 0.90 0.72

*P<0.05 compared with cardiac surgery group.

†P<0.05 compared with ICU group.

‡P<0.05 compared within subgroup.

AUC, area under curve; DOR, diagnostic OR; ICU, intensive critical unit; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; PLR, passive leg raising; ROC, receiver operating characteristic; TV, tidal volume.