Downregulated miR-150-5p in the Tissue of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Figure 5

The expression of miR-150-5p is down-regulated in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. (a) Due to the large heterogeneity (I² = 91.8%, ), a random effect model is chosen for pooled analysis. The standardized mean difference of miR-150-5p is =−1.20. (b) The sensitivity analysis reveals that GSE32960 affected the stability of the standardized mean difference. (c) The heterogeneity is significantly reduced after excluding GSE32960 (I² = 25.7%, ). And the standardized mean difference of miR-150-5p (a fixed effect model) is −0.66. (d) After excluding GSE32960, Begg’s test shows no significant publication bias.

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