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

Table 3

Multivariate metaregression analysis for the associations of HSF with susceptibility to BA. Results of subgroup and metaregression analysis in the diagnosis meta-analysis.

	Sensitivity	95% CI		Specificity	95% CI		Regression
Design							0.07
Respective	0.9	0.85	0.93	0.89	0.86	0.92
Prospective	0.95	0.89	0.99	0.94	0.87	0.98
Mean age							0.04
<90	0.92	0.87	0.95	0.93	0.89	0.95
≧90	0.90	0.84	0.94	0.82	0.74	0.88
Sample size							0.16
>60	0.89	0.84	0.93	0.89	0.85	0.92
≤60	0.95	0.89	0.99	0.94	0.88	0.98
Final diagnose							0.30
Surgery/biopsy	0.89	0.83	0.94	0.93	0.9	0.95
Unclear	0.89	0.83	0.94	0.78	0.67	0.86

Abbreviation: CI: confidence interval.