Research Article

Association of the Expression Level of miR-16 with Prognosis of Solid Cancer Patients: A Meta-Analysis and Bioinformatic Analysis

Table 3

HRs and 95% CIs of solid cancer patients with low miR-16 expression level in a Kaplan-Meier plotter database.

Cancer typesSample sizeHR (95% CI) value

Total76421.10 (1.00-1.19)0.033
Digestive system
 EAC890.70 (0.39-1.27)0.237
 ESCC950.56 (0.26-1.22)0.143
 LIHC3710.68 (0.48-0.96)0.029
 PAAD1781.67 (1.10-2.56)0.015
 READ1601.00 (0.46-2.17)0.991
 STAD4311.15 (0.85-1.56)0.353
Subtotal13240.93 (0.66-1.30)0.682
Reproductive system
 BRCA10761.22 (0.88-1.69)0.230
 CSCC3071.52 (0.94-2.44)0.081
 OC4851.09 (0.86-1.35)0.495
 TGCT1340.97 (0.14-7.14)0.978
 UCEC5371.49 (0.97-2.27)0.065
Subtotal25391.21 (1.03-1.42)0.017
Urinary system
 BLCA4081.23 (0.92-1.67)0.161
 KIRC5160.93 (0.68-1.25)0.613
 KIRP2900.95 (0.53-1.72)0.880
Subtotal12141.06 (0.86-1.29)0.583
Respiratory system
 LUSC4721.12 (0.85-1.49)0.434
 LUAD5041.15 (0.86-1.54)0.347
Subtotal9761.13 (0.93-1.39)0.222
Other system
 HNSC5221.13 (0.93-1.39)0.053
 THCA5061.47 (0.54-4.00)0.450
PCPG1790.22 (0.03-1.96)0.138
 SARC2590.65 (0.43-0.96)0.031
 THYM1237.69 (0.97-50.0)0.022
Subtotal15891.08 (0.95-1.23)0.810

BLCA: bladder carcinoma; BRCA: breast cancer; CSCC: cervical squamous cell carcinoma; EAC: esophageal adenocarcinoma; ESCC: esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; HNSC: head-neck squamous cell carcinoma; KIRC: kidney renal clear cell carcinoma; KIRP: kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma; LIHC: liver hepatocellular carcinoma; LUAD: lung adenocarcinoma; LUSC: lung squamous cell carcinoma; OC: ovarian cancer; PAAD: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; PCPG: pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma; READ: rectum adenocarcinoma; SARC: sarcoma; STAD: stomach adenocarcinoma; TGCT: testicular germ cell tumor; THYM: thymoma; THCA: thyroid carcinoma; UCEC: uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma.