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Table 3 Subgroup analysis of sensitivity and specificity according to the mpMRI

From: Accuracy of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing prostate Cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

parameter

category

nstudies

sensitivity

P1

specificity

P2

coil

used

9

0.89 (0.83–0.89)

<0.05

0.67 (0.46–0.88)

0.69

Not used

16

0.86 (0.80–0.92)

 

0.66 (0.50–0.83)

 

magnetic

3

10

0.88 (0.81–0.95)

<0.05

0.77 (0.61–0.93)

0.99

1.5

17

0.85 (0.78–0.91)

 

0.67 (0.51–0.82)

 

reference

PI-RADS

11

0.90 (0.84–0.95)

0.17

0.60 (0.37–0.83)

0.17

others

9

0.83 (0.74–0.92)

 

0.78 (0.61–0.96)

 

MRI

mutiparametric

22

0.88 (0.83–0.93)

0.19

0.72 (0.58–0.85)

0.57

biparametric

7

0.82 (0.70–0.93)

 

0.56 (0.30–0.82)

 

enrollment

consecutive

22

0.85 (0.80–0.91)

<0.05

0.71 (0.58–0.84)

0.77

Not consecutive

7

0.91 (0.84–0.98)

 

0.59 (0.33–0.85)

 

blinding

blinded

14

0.83 (0.75–0.90)

<0.05

0.73 (0.58–0.88)

0.97

Not mention

15

0.90 (0.85–0.95)

 

0.63 (0.45–0.80)

 

standard

Low bias

12

0.84 (0.75–0.92)

<0.05

0.74 (0.58–0.90)

0.96

High bias

17

0.88 (0.83–0.94)

 

0.64 (0.48–0.90)

 

Biopsy naive

Yes

9

0.87 (0.80–0.95)

0.35

0.64 (0.40–0.88)

0.28

No

7

0.81 (0.70–0.92)

 

0.78 (0.59–0.97)

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