Review Article

Diagnostic Performance of Des-γ-carboxy Prothrombin for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Summary of methodological quality of the included studies on the basis of the review authors’ judgments on the 14 items in the QUADAS checklist for each study.

QUADASNumber
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Representative patient spectrum?YNNYYNYYNYYY
Selection criteriaYYYYYYYYYYYY
Acceptable reference standard?YYYYYYYYYYYY
Acceptable delay between tests?YNRYNRYYNRYYYYY
Partial verification avoided?YYYYYYYYYYYY
Differential verification avoided?YYYYYYYYYYYY
Incorporation avoided?YYYYYYYYYYYY
Index test executionYYYYYYYYYYYY
Reference standard executionYYYYYYYYYYYY
Reference standard results blinded?YYYYYYYYYYYY
Index test results blinded?YNRNRYNRNRYYNYYY
Relevant clinical information?YYYYYYYYYYYY
Uninterpretable results reported?YYYYYYYYYYYY
Withdrawals explained?YYYNRYYNRYYYYY
Quality of the studiesACCBBCBACAAA