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Table 4 Overall analysis of miR-20a expression association with clinicopathological characteristics

From: MiR-20a, a novel promising biomarker to predict prognosis in human cancer: a meta-analysis

Clinicopathological parameters

No. of studies

No. of patients

Pooled OR (95%CI)

Heterogeneity

Fixed

Random

I2

p-value

Gender (male vs. female)

7

1103

0.69(0.51,0.92)

0.74(0.50,1.09)

30.70%

0.194

Age (≥60 vs < 60 years)

3

202

1.44(0.81,2.55)

1.44(0.81,2.57)

0.00%

0.373

Tumor Size (≥5 vs < 5 cm)

4

422

0.76(0.51,1.12)

0.77(0.44,1.36)

49.20%

0.116

Lymph node metastasis (absent vs.present)

3

260

1.11(0.68,1.81)

1.03(0.48,2.21)

54.30%

0.112

TNM stage(III + IV vs. I + II)

5

467

0.96(0.66,1.41)

1.15(0.51,2.58)

74.40%

0.004

Differentiation (poor vs. others)

6

951

1.50(1.06,2.13)

1.34(0.73,2.44)

59.10%

0.032

  1. Abbreviations: 95%CI 95% confidence interval, Fixed Fixed effects model, OR Odds ratio, Random Random pooling model