The Diagnostic Performance of Afirma Gene Expression Classifier for the Indeterminate Thyroid Nodules: A Meta-Analysis

Table 6

Pooled sensitivities: confidence interval and heterogeneity results.

	Estimate	95% CI	I^2	Q	P
Se	0.955	(0.935, 0.970)	65.00%	42.87	<0.001
Sp	0.221	(0.194, 0.249)	89.10%	137.13	<0.001
PLR	1.167	(1.088, 1.252)	77.50%	66.74	<0.001
NLR	0.285	(0.199, 0.410)	0.00%	10.63	0.778
DOR	5.248	(3.425, 8.043)	0.00%	9.42	0.855

Se, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; PLR, positive likelihood ratio; NLR, negative likelihood ratio; DOR, diagnostic odds ratio; I², inconsistency I-square; Q, Chi-square.