Abnormally Expressed lncRNAs as Potential Biomarkers for Gastric Cancer Risk: A Diagnostic Meta-Bioinformatics Analysis

Table 3

Meta regression.

Var	Coeff.	Std. Err.	value	RDOR	(95% CI)
(A) Four covariates (tau-squared )
Cte.	0.424	0.5777	0.4663	—	—
S	-0.288	0.0985	0.0053	—	—
Location	0.067	0.1223	0.589	1.07	(0.84, 1.37)
Sample type	0.588	0.2088	0.007	1.8	(1.18, 2.74)
Sample size	0.57	0.2185	0.012	1.77	(1.14, 2.74)
Quality	-0.058	0.2475	0.8166	0.94	(0.57, 1.55)
(B) Three covariates (tau-squared )
Cte.	0.333	0.4197	0.4313	—	—
S	-0.284	0.0965	0.005	—	—
Location	0.061	0.119	0.6097	1.06	(0.84, 1.35)
Sample type	0.594	0.2048	0.0056	1.81	(1.20, 2.73)
Sample size	0.562	0.2134	0.0112	1.75	(1.14, 2.69)
(C) Two covariates (tau-squared )
Cte.	0.362	0.4126	0.3845	—	—
S	-0.285	0.0957	0.0044	—	—
Sample type	0.615	0.1985	0.0032	1.85	(1.24, 2.76)
Sample size	0.564	0.2116	0.0104	1.76	(1.15, 2.69)
(D) One covariate (tau-squared )
Cte.	1.169	0.2957	0.0002	—	—
S	-0.271	0.1012	0.01	—	—
Sample type	0.599	0.2101	0.0063	1.82	(1.19, 2.78)
(E) One covariate (tau-squared )
Cte.	1.211	0.3318	0.0006	—	—
S	-0.199	0.097	0.0454	—	—
Sample size	0.534	0.2258	0.0218	1.71	(1.08, 2.68)

Var: variables; Cte: constant coefficient; S: statistic; RDOR: relative diagnostic odds ratio.