Review Article

The Diagnostic Accuracy of HE4 in Lung Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Summary of included studies.

AuthorYearCountryCase/controlsAssay methodCut-offTPFPFNTNQUADAS

Iwahori et al. [15]2012Japan49/37ELISA6.56 ng/mL44053713
Liu et al. [16]2013China190/244ELISA82.61 pmol/L121436920112
Ucar et al. [17]2014Turkey64/38ELISA67.5 pmol/L561383412
Wang et al. [18]2014China49/30ELISA84.19 pmol/L342152811
Yamashita et al. [14]2011Japan102/74ELISA50.3 pmol/L7614266012
Yu et al. [19]2014China47/31ELISA149.145 pmol/L343132811
Xiao et al. [20]2014China214/76ELISANR1478676812

TP: true positive; FP: false positive; TN: true negative; FN: false negative; NR: not reported; ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.