A Meta-Analysis of MiRNA-497 and Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 2

The correlation between miR-497 expression and clinicopathologic parameters in HCC.

Clinicopathologic parameters	No. of studies	No. of participants	Pooled OR (95% CI)		Model	Heterogeneity Chi^2, , ^(%)
Age	5	397	1.14 (0.76, 1.70)	0.54	Fixed	4.48, 0.35, 11
Sex	5	397	1.12 (0.67, 1.86)	0.66	Fixed	2.93, 0.57, 0
Tumor size (<5 cm/>5 cm)	5	397	0.90 (0.38, 2.11)	0.81	Random	15.7, 0.81, 75
AFP level	5	397	2.11 (0.91, 4.90)	0.08	Random	13.79, 0.008, 71
HBV infection	4	347	0.52 (0.16, 1.69)	0.27	Random	7.13, 0.07, 58