Meta-Analysis
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World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2014; 20(27): 9191-9199
Published online Jul 21, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i27.9191
Table 2 Meta-analysis of Notch1 and gastric cancer
Stratification of gastric cancerNo. of participantsOR (95%CI)Statistical methodP valueRef.
Gender:10401.21 (0.92-1.59)Fixed0.189[8-11,15,17-20]
Male vs female
Age (yr):6071.36 (0.96-1.91)Fixed0.084[8,10,11,19]
≤ 60 vs > 60
Location:5890.62 (0.43-0.91)Fixed0.01a5[8,11,17,19,20]
Cardia vs noncardia
Tumor size:6340.68 (0.49-0.94)Fixed0.02a5[8,11,15,19,20]
≤ 5 cm vs > 5 cm
Lauren's classification:6801.45 (1.03-2.03)Fixed0.03a5[9,11,13,15,17]
Intestinal vs diffuse
Histological differentiation:12201.42 (0.85-2.37)Random0.1711[7-11,14,15,17-20]
Well/moderate vs poor/undifferentiated
Lymphovascular invasion:2580.49 (0.28-0.87)Fixed0.01a2[10,17]
Negative vs positive
T stage:4530.71 (0.24-2.09)Random0.545[7,10,14,18,20]
T1-2 vs T3-4
N stage:12201.07 (0.57-2.00)Random0.8311[7-11,14,15,17-20]
N0 vs N1-3
Distal metastasis:2850.33 (0.14-0.78)Fixed0.01a3[10,14,18]
Negative vs positive
TNM stage:5670.91 (0.53-1.57)Random0.747[8,9,14,15,17-19]
Stages I-II vs III-IV