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Table 6 Meta-analysis of association between clinicopathological parameters and HER3, Akt, p-Akt, mTOR, p-mTOR expression in gastric cancer

From: Positive prognostic value of HER2-HER3 co-expression and p-mTOR in gastric cancer patients

Target proteins

Parameters

Number of studies

Number of patients

Heterogeneity

Model

OR(95%CI)

P value

I 2 (%)

P value

HER3

Sex (male/female)

5

1034

18

0.30

FE

0.89(0.66,1.20)

0.44

Depth of invasion (T3 + T4/T1 + T2)

4

900

34

0.20

FE

2.39(1.62,3.54)

<0.001

LN metastasis(positive/negative)

5

1034

68

0.02

RE

2.35(1.34,4.11)

0.003

Metastasis (positive/negative)

5

1034

47

0.10

FE

1.39(0.66,2.91)

0.39

Tumor stage (III + IV/I + II)

4

801

54

0.09

RE

1.38(0.76,2.49)

0.29

Akt

Sex (male/female)

3

501

0

0.67

FE

0.99(0.66,1.49)

0.96

Age (>60/<60)

2

190

89

0

RE

1.24(0.17,8.88)

0.83

Tumor location (upper/low)

2

431

71

0.05

RE

0.69(0.26,1.79)

0.44

Differentiation (poor/well)

2

190

77

0.04

RE

1.63(0.35,7.53)

0.53

Depth of invasion (T3 + T4/T1 + T2)

1

120

–

–

–

1.18(0.45,3.10)

0.74

LN metastasis(positive/negative)

3

501

68

0.05

RE

1.27(0.44,3.61)

0.66

Metastasis (positive/negative)

3

501

72

0.03

RE

1.04(0.24,4.46)

0.96

Tumor stage (III + IV/I + II)

3

501

70

0.04

RE

1.17(0.45,3.00)

0.75

p-Akt

Sex (male/female)

9

1477

0

0.79

FE

1.29(1.03,1.63)

0.03

Age (>60/<60)

5

1326

0

0.79

FE

0.95(0.74,1.20)

0.65

Tumor location (upper/low)

4

895

0

0.70

FE

1.03(0.78,1.37)

0.81

Differentiation (poor/well)

7

996

65

0.01

RE

1.14(0.65,2.02)

0.64

Depth of invasion (T3 + T4/T1 + T2)

7

1283

60

0.02

RE

1.23(0.80,1.90)

0.35

LN metastasis(positive/negative)

12

2019

69

0.00

RE

1.29(0.88,1.89)

0.19

Metastasis (positive/negative)

5

1351

66

0.02

RE

0.75(0.29,1.89)

0.54

Tumor stage (III + IV/I + II)

11

1597

62

0.003

RE

1.20(0.81,1.79)

0.36

mTOR

Sex (male/female)

4

1637

0

0.95

FE

1.16(0.94,1.43)

0.17

Age (>60/<60)

2

1192

88

0.004

RE

1.90(0.59,6.06)

0.28

Tumor location (upper/low)

2

1148

0

0.87

FE

1.30(1.03,1.64)

0.03

Differentiation (poor/well)

3

1225

88

0

RE

1.59(0.33,7.57)

0.56

Depth of invasion (T3 + T4/T1 + T2)

3

1604

57

0.10

RE

0.88(0.59,1.31)

0.54

LN metastasis(positive/negative)

4

1637

74

0.01

RE

1.72(0.98,3.01)

0.06

Tumor stage (III + IV/I + II)

3

1225

89

0

RE

3.13(0.72,13.61)

0.13

p-mTOR

Sex (male/female)

8

2994

0

0.60

FE

1.09(0.93,1.28)

0.30

Age (>60/<60)

5

2469

0

0.44

FE

1.46(1.24,1.72)

<0.001

Tumor location (upper/low)

5

2001

11

0.35

FE

1.26(1.03,1.55)

0.03

Differentiation (poor/well)

4

1663

75

0.01

RE

0.99(0.57,1.72)

0.87

Depth of invasion (T3 + T4/T1 + T2)

4

1751

54

0.06

RE

1.63(1.08,2.45)

0.02

LN metastasis(positive/negative)

7

2294

90

0

RE

1.57(0.83,2.98)

0.17

Metastasis (positive/negative)

2

246

58

0.12

RE

1.05(0.25,4.44)

0.94

Tumor stage (III + IV/I + II)

6

2595

58

0.04

RE

1.73(1.29,2.32)

<0.001

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, FE fixed-effect model, RE random-effect model, LN metastasis: lymph node metastasis