Review Article

[Retracted] Urinary Angiogenin as a Marker for Bladder Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Comparison of different studies on urinary angiogenin (ANG) as a diagnostic biomarker in bladder cancer.

Author/yearCountryCaseControlAUCSensitivitySpecificityPPVNPVAccuracyCut-offDetection method

Eissa/2004Egypt63460.77575.4%70.3%84.9%80.0%81.2%322.7 ng/mgELISA
Eissa/2009Egypt2401100.7775.2%69.5%NRNRNR425.0 pg/mgELISA
Shabayek/2014Egypt50200.80366.0%75.0%76.74%63.82%NR145.0 pg/mlELISA
Urquidi/2012USA64630.85767.0%97.0%96.0%74.0%86.0%410.9 pg/mlELISA

BCa: bladder cancer; AUC: area under the curve; PPV: positive predictive value; NPV: negative predictive value; NR: not reported; ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.