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Table 3 Result of meta-regression analysis

From: The Diagnosis of Metastatic Axillary Lymph Nodes of Breast Cancer By Diffusion Weighted Imaging: a meta-analysis and systematic review

Variable

Coefficient

Standard error

P value

Diagnostic odds ratio

95 % CI

Nation

0.594

0.868

0.513

1.81

(0.24~13.41)

Field strength

−1.636

0.942

0.120

0.19

(0.02~1.71)

b value

−0.266

1.275

0.838

0.77

(0.04~13.15)

Design

0.165

1.141

0.888

1.18

(0.08~16.38)

Coil

−0.443

1.334

0.749

0.64

(0.03~15.07)

  1. CI confidence interval