Esophageal Cancer
Copyright ©2008 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Mar 14, 2008; 14(10): 1479-1490
Published online Mar 14, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.1479
Table 5 Bias indicators and AUC with the corresponding Q values for various cancer stages
Begg-Mazumdar bias (Kendall's tau value, P)Egger bias (95% CI, P)AUC (SE)Q (SE)
T1-0.51, P = 0.01-0.48 (95% CI = -2.84 to 1.88, P = 0.68)0.97 (0.02)0.91 (0.02)
T2-0.14, P = 0.24-0.32 (95% CI = -1.74 to 1.10, P = 0.65)0.95 (0.02)0.89 (0.02)
T3-0.11, P = 0.320.33 (95% CI = -1.43 to 2.09, P = 0.70)0.97 (0.01)0.92 (0.01)
T4-0.07, P = 0.56-2.89 (95% CI = -5.35 to -0.44, P = 0.02)0.98 (0.01)0.93 (0.01)
N-0.26, P = 0.010.29 (95% CI = -1.58 to 1.00, P = 0.69)0.91 (0.02)0.99 (0.02)