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.
| Author | Year | Country | Case | Control | Sensitivity | Specificity | TP | FP | FN | TN | Design |
| Zhang et al. [28] | 2013 | China | 20 | 30 | 95.00% | 93.33% | 19 | 2 | 1 | 28 | Respective | Ju et al. [29] | 2015 | China | 32 | 30 | 93.75% | 90.00% | 30 | 3 | 2 | 27 | Respective | Lee et al. [22] | 2009 | Korea | 29 | 35 | 100% | 85.71% | 29 | 5 | 0 | 30 | Respective | El-Guindi et al. [21] | 2013 | Egypt | 27 | 27 | 96.30% | 96.30% | 26 | 1 | 1 | 26 | Prospective | El-Guindi et al. [30] | 2014 | Egypt | 30 | 30 | 96.67% | 96.67% | 29 | 1 | 1 | 29 | Prospective | Lee et al. [22] | 2009 | Korea | 29 | 19 | 100% | 100% | 29 | 0 | 0 | 19 | Respective | Li [31] | 2017 | China | 30 | 30 | 93.33% | 90.00% | 28 | 3 | 2 | 27 | Prospective | Kim et al. [32] | 2017 | Korea | 106 | 55 | 87.74% | 70.90% | 93 | 16 | 13 | 39 | Respective | Duan et al. [33] | 2013 | China | 65 | 213 | 73.17% | 92.37% | 30 | 18 | 11 | 218 | Respective |
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Abbreviations: TP: true positive; FP: false positive; FN: false negative; TN: true negative.
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