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Table 3 Meta-regression analysis for influence of dependent variables on overall survival

From: Fertility sparing surgery vs radical surgery for epithelial ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis of overall survival and disease-free survival

Variable

Coefficient

SE

−95% CI

+ 95% CI

p-value

Mucinous tumors

−0.0077

0.0098

−0.0269

0.0115

0.43

Endometroid tumors

−0.0076

0.0213

−0.0494

0.0341

0.72

Serous tumors

0.0186

0.0166

−0.0140

0.0511

0.26

Clear cell tumors

0.0065

0.0199

−0.0325

0.0455

0.74

Adjuvant Chemotherapy/radiotherapy

−0.0063

0.0033

−0.0127

0.0001

0.05

Stage 1A/1B tumors

−0.0067

0.0066

−0.0196

0.0062

0.30

Stage 1C tumors

0.0027

0.0100

−0.0169

0.0222

0.78

Grade 1 and 2

0.0102

0.0087

−0.0067

0.0272

0.23

Grade 3

0.0263

0.0275

−0.0276

0.0801

0.33

  1. SE Standard Error, CI Confidence interval