Review Article

Prognostic and Clinicopathological Significance of Downregulated p16 Expression in Patients with Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Main meta-analysis results of p16 expression in patients with bladder cancer.

AnalysisNo. (No.)HR (95% CI)ModelHeterogeneityPublication bias
%Begg’s Egger’s

RFS18 (1032)1.63 (1.36–1.94)5.40F42.60.0290.4050.246
Europe8 (365)1.90 (1.13–3.19)2.43R53.10.0371.0000.749
Asia9 (547)1.44 (1.15–1.81)3.15F30.70.1730.3480.020
America1 (120)1.58 (0.77–3.25)1.24F0.0///
Ta–T18 (430)1.96 (1.23–3.14)2.82R55.50.0280.7110.916
Ta–T410 (602)1.41 (1.12–1.77)2.96F10.20.3481.0000.062
G1-G22 (75)4.12 (2.48–6.83)5.49F0.00.9241.000/
G1–G314 (762)1.44 (1.18–1.75)3.50F11.90.3230.5840.031
G2-G32 (95)1.37 (0.78–2.42)1.10F0.00.8021.000/
Cut-off value (≤10%)13 (741)1.83 (1.34–2.51)3.79R54.80.0090.5830.297
Cut-off value (>10%)5 (291)1.34 (0.86–2.09)1.28F0.00.7010.4620.166
OS9 (425)1.70 (1.16–2.50)2.71F0.00.5840.6020.165
Europe4 (167)2.54 (1.05–6.15)2.07F27.00.2501.0000.289
Asia4 (208)1.61 (0.97–2.66)1.85F0.00.7030.7340.166
America1 (50)1.41 (0.62–3.19)0.83F0.0///
Ta–T45 (230)1.59 (0.98–2.60)1.87F3.10.3891.0000.232
Ta–T12 (122)1.57 (0.32–7.75)0.55F0.00.7501.000/
T2–T42 (73)1.96 (0.99–3.88)1.94R52.10.1481.000/
G1–G37 (353)1.82 (1.16–2.84)2.62F3.90.397//
L1 (22)1.41 (0.18–10.90)0.33F////
H1 (50)1.41 (0.62–3.19)0.83F////
Cut-off value (≤10%)7 (278)1.83 (1.17–2.86)2.63F3.20.4020.7640.185
Cut-off value (>10%)2 (147)1.40 (0.66–2.96)0.87F0.00.9511.000/
PFS8 (470)2.18 (1.37–3.48)3.28F26.30.2190.1740.325
IHC6 (347)1.84 (1.13–3.01)2.44F0.00.4871.0000.754
FISH2 (123)11.28 (2.45–51.83)3.11F0.00.7181.000/
Europe5 (297)2.09 (1.21–3.63)2.62F0.00.4841.0000.607
America1 (50)1.14 (0.39–3.31)0.24F////
Ta–T15 (297)2.09 (1.21–3.63)2.62F0.00.4841.0000.607
T2–T41 (50)1.14 (0.39–3.31)0.24F////
G1–G35 (297)2.09 (1.21–3.63)2.62F0.00.4841.0000.607
H1 (50)1.14 (0.39–3.31)0.24F////
Cut-off value (≤10%)4 (200)2.61 (1.42–4.77)3.10F0.00.9321.0000.746
Cut-off value (>10%)2 (147)0.95 (0.41–2.18)0.13F0.00.5791.000/
DSS/CSS3 (187)1.52 (0.85–2.71)1.42F0.00.8250.2960.517

Clinicopathological parametersOR (95% CI)

Stage (T2–T4 versus Ta–T1)19 (1231)3.13 (2.42–4.06)8.63F1.40.4400.5290.377
Asia14 (878)3.41 (2.51–4.64)7.87F0.00.8000.6610.650
Europe3 (277)3.17 (1.79–5.60)3.96F63.70.0641.0000.994
America2 (76)1.15 (0.41–3.20)0.26F0.00.6041.000/
Stage (T1 versus Ta)5 (374)1.55 (0.87–2.76)1.50F40.50.1520.8060.402
Grade (G3 versus G1-2)20 (1291)3.33 (2.51–4.42)8.32F0.00.5190.2060.805
Asia15 (895)3.36 (2.44–4.63)7.41F18.60.246//
Europe3 (196)2.62 (1.23–5.57)2.50F0.00.984//
America2 (200)4.51 (1.61–12.61)2.87F0.00.659//
Grade (H versus L)8 (688)1.20 (0.62–2.33)0.55R61.80.0110.0630.080
Lymph node metastasis (yes versus no)5 (319)2.20 (1.26–3.83)2.77F27.20.2401.0000.487
Muscle Invasive (yes versus no)4 (248)2.18 (0.72–6.62)1.38R71.80.0140.4970.998
Number of tumors (multiple versus single)2 (166)1.11 (0.43–2.85)0.22F0.00.9841.000/
Tumor size (>3 versus ≤3)2 (193)2.93 (0.40–21.36)1.06R79.20.0281.000/

RFS: recurrence-free survival; OS: overall survival; PFS: progression-free survival; DSS: disease-specific survival; CSS: cancer-specific survival; HR: hazard ratio; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; No.: number of studies; No.: number of patients; : for the heterogeneity; F: fixed-effect model; R: random-effect model; L: low grade; H: high grade.