Review Article

Hepatic Subcapsular Flow as a Significant Diagnostic Marker for Biliary Atresia: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Main characteristics of the diagnostic studies included in the meta-analysis.

AuthorYearCountryCaseControlSensitivitySpecificityTPFPFNTNDesign

Zhang et al. [28]2013China203095.00%93.33%192128Respective
Ju et al. [29]2015China323093.75%90.00%303227Respective
Lee et al. [22]2009Korea2935100%85.71%295030Respective
El-Guindi et al. [21]2013Egypt272796.30%96.30%261126Prospective
El-Guindi et al. [30]2014Egypt303096.67%96.67%291129Prospective
Lee et al. [22]2009Korea2919100%100%290019Respective
Li [31]2017China303093.33%90.00%283227Prospective
Kim et al. [32]2017Korea1065587.74%70.90%93161339Respective
Duan et al. [33]2013China6521373.17%92.37%301811218Respective

Abbreviations: TP: true positive; FP: false positive; FN: false negative; TN: true negative.