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Table 4 Results of heterogeneity and the pooled estimations excluding suspicious studies.

From: Meta-analysis of quantitative diffusion-weighted MR imaging in the differential diagnosis of breast lesions

Study

Sensitivity

(95%CI)

Heterogeneity

Specificity

(95% CI)

Heterogeneity

AUC

  

P

I 2

 

P

I 2

 

b = 1000

0.84(0.80, 0.87)

0.1271

32.9%

0.84(0.79, 0.88)

0.1483

30.4%

0.9085

Excluding Li's

0.83(0.79, 0.86)

0.1153

35.4%

0.85(0.80, 0.89)

0.2999

15.1%

0.9117

Excluding Zhao's

0.85(0.80, 0.87)

0.4180

2.3%

0.84(0.79, 0.88)

0.6377

0

0.9118

  1. Note: AUC = area under the curve; CI = confidence interval.
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