Review Article

Diagnostic and Predictive Value of Using RGD PET/CT in Patients with Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 6

Chi-square test was used to assess heterogeneity among the included studies and Spearman correlation was used to assess the threshold effect among the studies.

StudyParameterSensitivitySpecificitySpearman correlation
pI2HeterogeneitypI2HeterogeneityCoefficientP

Diagnostic valueSUVmax13.000.072246.1%Moderate40.340.000082.6%High0.405 0.320
SUVmean1.080.89700.00%Low16.810.002176.2%High-0.100 0.873

Predictive valueSUVmax2.590.273322.90%Low2.110.34885.10%Low0.500 0.667

: Chi-square, I2: inconsistency (I-sequence); p: p value.