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Table 4 Reasons of studies removed from meta-analysis in subgroup analysis

From: Old men with prostate cancer have higher risk of Gleason score upgrading and pathological upstaging after initial diagnosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study

Non-organ confined disease

Not adjusted for PV

Not adjusted for no. cores

Study size ≤ 300

Audenet 2017 [14]

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Bullock 2019 [15]

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×

×

 

Dinh 2015 [16]

 

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Dinizo 2018 [6]

  

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Epstein 2012 [17]

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×

×

 

Ferro 2019 [18]

  

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×

Jalloh 2015 [19]

    

Jeon 2017 [10]

    

Kim 2013 [22]

    

Kwon 2016 [23]

 

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×

 

Leeman 2019 [11]

 

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Lyon 2016 [21]

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×

  

Magheli 2010 [24]

  

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Martin 2017 [25]

  

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×

Morlacco 2016 [5]

    

Oh 2012 [27]

 

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Zanaty 2018 [12]

  

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  1. × studies removed, PV prostate volume