Review Article

Diagnostic Accuracy of Magnifying Endoscopy with Narrow Band Imaging and Its Diagnostic Value for Invasion Depth Staging in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Metaregression analysis of ME-NBI diagnostic accuracy.

Parameter Estimate (95% CI)Coef

Sensitivity
Disease type0.81 [0.67–0.90]1.43−0.010.99
Country0.84 [0.69–0.93]1.69−0.010.99
Doctor0.91 [0.74–0.97]2.330.900.37

Specificity
Disease type0.93 [0.82–0.97]2.510.920.36
Country0.91 [0.81–0.96]2.310.610.54
Doctor0.89 [0.78–0.95]2.09−0.710.48

Parameter-squared (95% CI)LRTChi value

Joint Model
Disease type82.58 [63.08–100.00]11.480.00
Country63.02 [16.71–100.00]5.410.07
Doctor0.00 [0.00–100.00]1.470.48