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Table 3 The pooled OR of POLEmut ECs according to clinicopathology characteristics

From: The clinicopathological characteristics of POLE-mutated/ultramutated endometrial carcinoma and prognostic value of POLE status: a meta-analysis based on 49 articles incorporating 12,120 patients

Clinicopathological characteristics in EC

Pooled OR (95% CI)

P for pooled OR

No. of studies

I2 (95% CI), (%)

P for I2

Model

Egger’s test

EEC vs. NEEC

1.35 (0.88–2.08)

0.1719

22

49.6 (17.4–69.2)

0.0047

Random effects

z = 0.98693, P = 0.3237

Grade: 1–2 vs. 3

0.51 (0.36–0.73)

0.0002

22

53.5 (24.6–71.3)

0.0016

Random effects

z = −0.14099, P = 0.8879

FIGO stage: I-II vs. III-IV

1.91 (1.29–2.83)

0.0013

28

41.4 (8.0–62.7)

0.0125

Random effects

z = 0.19757, P = 0.8434

LVSI: present vs. absent

0.98 (0.77–1.25)

0.8644

17

15.4 (0.0–51.8)

0.2727

Fixed effect

z = −1.6477, P = 0.09941

Myometrial invasion: ≥50% vs. < 50%

0.66 (0.50–0.86)

0.0025

10

0.0 (0.0–42.7)

0.7489

Fixed effect

z = −0.98387, P = 0.3252

Lymph node status: present vs. absent

1.01 (0.65–1.57)

0.9641

7

23.0 (0.0–65.8)

0.2537

Fixed effect

z = −1.0513, P = 0.2931

Clinical risk stratification: high vs. low

1.21 (0.73–2.01)

0.4678

5

0.0 (0.0–75.4)

0.4966

Fixed effect

z = 0, P = 1

Adjuvant therapy:

yes vs. no

1.16 (0.88–1.54)

0.2939

14

0.0 (0.0–41.7)

0.6918

Fixed effect

z = −0.27372, P = 0.7843

  1. Abbreviations: EC Endometrial Carcinoma; POLE Polymerase É›; POLEmut POLE-Mutated/Ultramutated; EEC Endometrioid Endometrial Carcinoma; NEEC Nonendometrioid Endometrial Carcinoma; FIGO Federation International of Gynecology and Obstetrics; LVSI Lymphovascular Space Invasion; CI Confidence Interval; OR Odds Ratio; vs. Versus