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Table 3 Reported LR+, LR-, and DOR of these 7 studies

From: Is fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography useful for the thyroid nodules with indeterminate fine needle aspiration biopsy? a meta-analysis of the literature

Study

Year

TP

TN

FP

FN

LR + (95% CI)

LR- (95% CI)

DOR (95% CI)

Kresnik [10]

2003

10

15

12

0

2.14 (1.39 ~ 3.29)

0.08 (0.01 ~ 1.26)

26.04 (1.39 ~ 489.26)

de Geus-Oei [11]

2006

6

25

13

0

2.68 (1.66 ~ 4.33)

0.11 (0.01 ~ 1.59)

24.56 (1.28 ~ 469.69)

Sebastianes [12]

2007

11

12

19

0

1.57 (1.16 ~ 2.13)

0.11 (0.01 ~ 1.66)

14.74 (0.80 ~ 273.13)

Hales [13]

2008

5

3

6

1

1.25 (0.70 ~ 2.24)

0.50 (0.07 ~ 3.75)

2.50 (0.19 ~ 32.19)

Smith [14]

2008

5

8

10

0

1.66 (1.04 ~ 2.66)

0.19 (0.01 ~ 1.16)

8.90 (0.43 ~ 184.86)

Traugott [15]

2010

8

25

16

2

2.05 (1.25 ~ 3.35)

0.33 (0.09 ~ 1.16)

6.25 (1.17 ~ 33.26)

Deandreis [16]

2012

17

20

13

5

1.96 (1.21 ~ 3.17)

0.38 (0.17 ~ 0.85)

5.23 (1.55 ~ 17.67)

Pooled results

 

62

108

89

8

1.87 (1.57 ~ 2.23)

0.24 (0.13 ~ 0.45)

8.15 (3.89 ~ 17.08)

  1. TP  true positive, TN  true negative, FP  false positive, FN  false negative.