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2016
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Tab 3
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Review Article
The Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Entecavir and Lamivudine in Patients with HBV-Associated Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 3
Efficacy comparison of entecavir and lamivudine for dichotomous outcomes.
Outcome of interest
Number of studies
Entecavir
Lamivudine
Effect estimate
Heterogeneity
Sample size
Events
Sample size
Events
OR (95% CI)
value
(%)
value
Overall survival
1 month
5
249
216
255
209
1.52 (0.92, 2.52)
0.1
0
0.97
2 months
4
186
135
184
120
1.48 (0.94, 2.32)
0.09
0
0.87
3 months
6
318
216
319
214
1.06 (0.75, 1.48)
0.75
0
0.87
6 months
3
193
143
214
158
0.98 (0.61, 1.57)
0.94
0
0.38
12 months
5
344
290
349
269
1.79 (1.17, 2.75)
0.008
0
0.76
HBV DNA negative
1 months
6
382
251
353
155
2.85 (2.06, 3.94)
<0.00001
0
0.74
3 months
3
236
204
229
148
3.49 (2.20, 5.53)
<0.00001
0
0.83
12 months
3
215
208
201
156
8.61 (3.79, 19.59)
<0.00001
0
0.84
Recurrence of HBV
4
154
0
165
18
0.07 (0.01, 0.40)
0.003
0
0.93
OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.