Review Article
Prognostic Value of MicroRNA-15a in Human Cancers: A Meta-Analysis and Bioinformatics
Table 4
Meta-analysis of overall survival and subgroup analysis.
| Subgroup | No of studies | HR (95% CI) | Model | Heterogeneity | (%) | P-value |
| Race | | | | | | Asian | 6 | 3.10 (2.21-4.34) | random | 0 | 0.640 | European l | 4 | 1.02 (0.53-1.96) | random | 69.8 | 0.037 | Year | | | | | | | 5 | 1.43 (0.85-2.41) | random | 67.9 | 0.014 | | 5 | 3.67 (2.34-5.74) | random | 0 | 0.642 | Material | | | | | | Tissue | 8 | 1.97 (1.22-3.19) | random | 70.4 | 0.001 | Serum/bone marrow | 2 | 3.63 (1.70-7.76) | random | 0 | 0.973 | Cancer type | | | | | | Colorectal cancer | 4 | 1.27 (0.69-2.36) | random | 70.6 | 0.017 | Other type of cancer | 6 | 3.11 (2.16-4.49) | random | 0 | 0.512 |
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