Research Article

Calpain Small Subunit 1 Protein in the Prognosis of Cancer Survivors and Its Clinicopathological Correlation

Table 3

Results of the meta-analysis of Capn4 protein and clinicopathological features.

ParametersStudiesNumber of casesOR (95% CI)p-valueHeterogeneity
(n)I2 (%)Model

Gender
(Male vs. Female)
915711.09(0.86-1.39)0.470.00.60Fixed
Histological grade
(G3/G4 vs. G1/G2)
712831.16(0.90-2.23)0.25190.29Fixed
Tumor depth
(T3-4 vs. T1-2)
34824.17(1.42-12.27)0.01820.004Random
Venous invasion
(+ vs. -)
48212.34(1.07-5.13)0.03830.0005Random
LNM (+ vs. -)57682.74(1.98-3.79)<0.00190.36Fixed
DM (+ vs. -)34404.02(2.14-7.57)<0.001310.23Fixed
Clinical stage
(III-IV vs. I-II)
812132.87(1.94-4.26)<0.001540.03Random

LNM: lymph node metastasis; DM: distant metastasis; OR: odds ratio.