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Table 3 Subgroup analyses of CT exposure radiation and the risks of cancer incidence

From: CT Scans and Cancer Risks: A Systematic Review and Dose-response Meta-analysis

 

n

OR (95% CI)

I [2](%), Pheterogeneity

Psubgroup

All studies

25

5.98 (3.46 to 10.35)

99.61, 0.00

 

Sex

0.71

 Men

18

4.89 (2.40 to 9.96)

99.43, 0.00

 

 Women

18

5.88 (2.96 to 11.68)

99.52, 0.00

 

Age

0.93

  < 45 years

11

5.79 (2.08 to 16.14)

99.64, 0.00

 

 45 to 65 years

11

5.04 (2.02 to 12.57)

99.47, 0.00

 

  > 65 years

8

6.66 (2.07 to 21.38)

98.00, 0.00

 

Scanning year

0.88

 Before 2007

8

3.83 (1.05 to 13.91)

98.86, 0.00

 

 After 2007

5

3.39 (1.60 to 7.72)

99.54, 0.00

 

Data type

0.00,0.00

 Actual

6

1.17 (0.89 to 1.55)

94.18, 0.00

 

 Actual (Except Burton et al. 2018)

5

1.32 (1.11 to 1.56)

80.79, 0.00

 

 Estimate

19

10.00 (5.87 to 17.05)

99.14, 0.00

 

Country

0.19

 NonAmerica

14

4.65 (2.15 to 10.05)

99.73, 0.00

 

 America

12

9.56 (4.48 to 20.40)

99.03, 0.00

 

Continent

0.58

 Asia

5

7.81 (1.57 to 38.89)

99.91, 0.00

 

 Europe

8

4.37 (2.00 to 9.56)

98.74, 0.00

 

 America

14

7.72 (3.42 to 17.42)

99.19, 0.00

 

Cancer type

0.01

 Nonleukemia

14

5.57 (2.36 to 13.16)

99.67, 0.00

 

 Leukemia

5

1.66 (1.29 to 2.15)

19.62, 0.21

 

CT scan sites

0.00

  < 3

15

3.38 (1.80 to 6.33)

99.23, 0.00

 

  ≥ 3

10

14.08 (6.60 to 30.05)

99.53, 0.00

 

Quality scores

0.25

  < 5

14

8.04 (4.38 to 14.75)

99.23, 0.00

 

  ≥ 5

11

4.12 (1.57 to 10.86)

99.69, 0.00

 
  1. Abbreviations: OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval