Review Article

Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Endoscopic Ultrasonography in the Diagnosis of Early Gastric Cancer Invasion Depth: A Meta-analysis

Table 3

Subgroup analysis.

SubgroupSensitivity (%)Specificity (%)PLRNLRDOR

Overall1787 (86-88)67 (65-70)2.90 (2.25-3.75)0.17 (0.13-0.23)18.25 (12.61-26.39)
Only miniprobe1190 (88-91)71 (67-74)2.88 (2.34-3.54)0.13 (0.09-0.19)24.91 (15.36-40.39)
Radial EUS included681 (79-83)63 (59-68)2.66 (1.65-4.29)0.27 (0.20-0.37)10.77 (6.91-16.79)
Retrospective study1088 (86-89)65 (61-69)2.87 (2.00-4.10)0.18 (0.12-0.27)17.67 (10.82-28.85)
Prospective study381 (78-84)82 (76-87)5.19 (2.22-12.14)0.12 (0.02-0.60)45.88 (8.57-245.55)

EUS: endoscopic ultrasonography; PLR: position likelihood ratio; NLR: negative likelihood ratio; DOR: diagnostic odds ratio.