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Table 4 Results of meta-analysis in the subgroup

From: Assessment of thyroid cancer risk in more than 334,000 patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a case-control study and a meta-analysis

Subgroup

No. of studies (n)

No. of IBD (n)a

OR (95%CI)a

P value for heterogeneity

Gender

 Male

2

21,553

2.05 (1.38~3.05)

0.26

 Female

2

15,702

1.48 (1.11~1.97)

0.79

Race

 Asian

4

19,056

1.55 (1.15~2.08)

0.39

 Caucasian

2

22,338

1.87 (1.34~2.61)

0.29

Case type

 Population

5

329,167

1.77 (1.49~2.11)

0.36

 Hospital

3

4848

1.50 (0.78~2.88)

0.18

Control type

 Normal

5

40,002

1.61 (1.28~2.02)

0.48

 Patient

3

292,621

1.89 (1.47~2.44)

0.12

Immunosuppressant

 Ever use

2

16,894

1.43 (1.04~1.96)

0.31

 Never use

2

4078

1.47 (0.74~2.92)

0.07

No. of IBD patients

 ≥ 10,000

3

327,190

1.79 (1.50~2.14)

0.42

 < 10,000

5

5433

1.39 (0.78~2.48)

0.19

  1. aIBD inflammatory bowel disease, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval