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. 2023 Feb 22;18(2):e0279726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279726

Table 2. Subgroup analysis results of included studies.

Sensitivity (95% CI) Specificity (95% CI) DOR (95% CI) SROC(AUC±SE)
Type of samples
Serum 0.78(0.77–0.80) 0.80(0.79–0.82) 17.11(12.44–23.54) 0.87±0.01
P/I2 < 0.0001/82% < 0.0001/82.1% < 0.0001/82% -
Plasma 0.74(0.73–0.75) 0.74(0.72–0.75) 10.80(7.89–14.79) 0.83±0.02
P/I2 < 0.0001/92.9% < 0.0001/87.7% < 0.0001/84.1% -
Type of miRNAs
miR-155-5p 0.71(0.67–0.75) 0.82(0.76–0.86) 11.90(4.07–34.76) 0.85±0.08
P/I2 0.0004/87.2% 0.0213/74.0% 0.0020/83.9% -
miR-21 0.86(0.82–0.89) 0.60(0.55–0.65) 8.05(2.45–26.40) 0.67±0.14
P/I2 < 0.0001/91.3% 0.0169/66.8% < 0.0001/89.6% -
miR-223-3p 0.70(0.66–0.74) 0.81(0.77–0.85) 8.82(4.41–17.66) 0.78±0.06
P/I2 < 0.0001/86.6% < 0.0001/90.2% 0.0048/73.3% -
miR-146a 0.77(0.73–0.81) 0.56(0.51–0.61) 5.86(2.42–14.19) 0.69±0.11
P/I2 0.0001/85.9% 0.0749/56.6% 0.0002/85.0% -
miR-125a 0.81(0.77–0.84) 0.67(0.63–0.71) 10.54(2.88–38.56) 0.74±0.12
P/I2 < 0.0001/95.8% < 0.0001/87.9% < 0.0001/94.4% -

CI = confidence interval, DOR = diagnostic odds ratio, SROC = summary receiver operating characteristic curves value, AUC = area under the curve, SE = standard error.