Categories | Studies (patients) | HR (95% CI) | I2 (%) | Ph | Z | P |
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OS | 26 (4325) | 1.772 (1.441–2.178) | 84.5 | < 0.001 | 5.42 | < 0.001 |
Cancer type | ||||||
 Digestive system cancer | 11 (1719) | 1.570 (1.120–2.201) | 87.9 | < 0.001 | 2.62 | 0.009 |
 Hepatobiliary pancreatic cancer | 7 (1014) | 1.677 (1.037–2.712) | 90.0 | < 0.001 | 2.11 | 0.035 |
 Digestive tract cancer | 4 (705) | 1.512 (1.016–2.250) | 51.7 | 0.054 | 2.04 | 0.042 |
 Breast cancer | 4 (600) | 2.137 (1.448–3.154) | 0.0 | 0.497 | 3.82 | < 0.001 |
 Lung cancer | 4 (749) | 1.706 (1.193–2.440) | 58.8 | 0.063 | 2.93 | 0.003 |
 Head and neck cancer | 2 (490) | 1.470 (1.160–1.862) | 0.0 | 0.623 | 3.19 | 0.001 |
 Othersa | 5 (767) | 2.150 (1.348–3.428) | 63.2 | 0.028 | 3.22 | 0.001 |
Analysis method | ||||||
 Multivariate analysis | 15 (2743) | 1.635 (1.319–2.027) | 61.3 | 0.001 | 4.48 | < 0.001 |
 Univariate analysis | 21 (3403) | 1.792 (1.404–2.288) | 88.0 | < 0.001 | 4.69 | < 0.001 |
Publication date | ||||||
 ≥ 3 years | 13 (1950) | 1.568 (1.127–2.183) | 86.6 | < 0.001 | 2.67 | 0.008 |
 < 3 years | 13 (2375) | 1.805 (1.493–2.182) | 48.2 | 0.026 | 6.10 | < 0.001 |
Size | ||||||
 < 200 | 18 (1943) | 1.839 (1.357–2.494) | 85.3 | < 0.001 | 3.92 | < 0.001 |
 > 200 | 8 (2382) | 1.603 (1.365–1.881) | 31.9 | 0.173 | 5.76 | < 0.001 |
Detection method | ||||||
 IHC | 20 (3373) | 1.863 (1.470–2.363) | 86.7 | < 0.001 | 5.14 | < 0.001 |
 Others | 6 (952) | 1.519 (1.046–2.205) | 49.8 | 0.077 | 2.20 | 0.028 |
Study region | ||||||
 Asian | 22 (3604) | 1.714 (1.369–2.146) | 85.2 | < 0.001 | 4.70 | < 0.001 |
 Europe | 4 (721) | 1.976 (1.411–2.769) | 27.3 | 0.248 | 3.96 | < 0.001 |