Table 2 Sensitivity analysis
Excluding study | HR and 95% CI | P value | Heterogeneity (%) | P value for heterogeneity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hsiao [14] | 0.75 (0.55–1.03) | 0.073 | 84.3 | < 0.001 |
Han [20] | 0.75 (0.55–1.02) | 0.069 | 85.1 | < 0.001 |
Russo [21] | 0.70 (0.51–0.96) | 0.027 | 85.2 | < 0.001 |
Baek [15] | 0.76 (0.56–1.04) | 0.087 | 84.2 | < 0.001 |
Stanic (a) [22] | 0.74 (0.54–1.02) | 0.064 | 85.0 | < 0.001 |
Stanic (b) [22] | 0.70 (0.51–0.97) | 0.033 | 85.2 | < 0.001 |
Hsu [16] | 0.74 (0.53–1.02) | 0.065 | 84.7 | < 0.001 |
Hendriks [23] | 0.73 (0.53–1.00) | 0.052 | 85.4 | < 0.001 |
Iuchi [17] | 0.76 (0.56–1.03) | 0.076 | 81.8 | < 0.001 |
Arrieta [30] | 0.69 (0.54–0.89) | 0.005 | 66.9 | < 0.001 |
Lee [24] | 0.75 (0.55–1.02) | 0.070 | 85.0 | < 0.001 |
Iuchi [18] | 0.77 (0.57–1.04) | 0.089 | 84.3 | < 0.001 |
Li [25] | 0.72 (0.52–1.00) | 0.049 | 85.4 | < 0.001 |
Luo [31] | 0.69 (0.50–0.96) | 0.026 | 84.9 | < 0.001 |
Zhuang [26] | 0.71 (0.52–0.96) | 0.029 | 85.3 | < 0.001 |
Tomasini [27] | 0.73 (0.53–0.99) | 0.046 | 85.4 | < 0.001 |
Eichler [19] | 0.75 (0.55–1.03) | 0.073 | 84.4 | < 0.001 |
Mak [28] | 0.73 (0.53–1.01) | 0.056 | 85.3 | < 0.001 |
Wang [29] | 0.73 (0.53–1.01) | 0.056 | 85.3 | < 0.001 |