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Table 4 The results of subgroup analysis

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

Variable

Number

Pooled sensitivity

I 2 (%)

Pooled specificity

I 2 (%)

Positive likelihood ratio

Negative likelihood ratio

Diagnostic odds ratio

Retrospective

3

0.729 (0.664–0.789)

60.2 %

0.846 (0.807–0.879)

0.0

4.628 (3.627–5.904)

0.350 (0.239–0.514)

14.358 (9.519–21.655)

Prospective

7

0.898 (0.860–0.929)

78.8 %

0.625 (0.600–0.650)

97.1

6.152 (2.387–15.857)

0.156 (0.072–0.342)

43.259 (10.752–174.0)

Field strength (1.5 T)

8

0.841 (0.806–0.872)

85.0 %

0.678 (0.655–0.699)

97.1

6.513 (2.884–14.711)

0.195 (0.12–0.314)

31.716 (15.746–63.884)

Field strength (3.0 T)

2

0.732 (0.640–0.811)

18.2 %

0.738 (0.682–0.789)

95.2

2.716 (0.874–8.438)

0.409 (0.197–0.849)

6.644 (1.086–40.634)

b value <1000 (s/mm2)

8

0.867 (0.831–0.899)

82.0 %

0.646 (0.6239–0.669)

97.1

5.801 (2.575–13.066)

0.177 (0.09–0.323)

35.007 (12.019–101.96)

b value ≥1000 (s/mm2)

2

0.769 (0.696–0.832)

86.8 %

0.861 (0.814–0.901)

71.1

4.888 (2.753–8.679)

0.264 (0.120–0.580)

19.496 (5.243–72.498)