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Table 4 Diagnostic accuracy of all 20 included studies

From: Endoscopic ultrasonography with fine-needle aspiration for histological diagnosis of solid pancreatic masses: a meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy studies

 

No. of studies

Sensitivity

Specificity

LR(+)

LR(-)

DOR

All of 20 studies

 

90.80

96.5

14.80

0.12

142.47

 

20

     

P

 

0

.0007

0.0009

0.000

0.0048

Study design:

      

Prospective

13

91.4

94.3

10.928

0.110

122.14

P

      
  

0

0.006

0.130

0

0.348

Study design:

      

Retrospective

7

89.5

97.9

19.004

0.128

162.38

P

 

0.001

0.076

0.009

0

0.001

QUADAS score ≥10

 

90.8

96.2

13.162

0.116

127.44

P

17

     
  

0

0

0.001

0

0.002

QUADAS score <10

 

90.6

98.7

36.008

0.119

370.78

 

3

     

P

 

0.103

0.503

0.996

0.076

0.687

With on-site cytology.

 

91.5

96.5

12.136

0.120

108.83

 

7

     

P

 

0.024

0

0

0.002

0

Without on-site cytology.

 

904

96.5

14.365

0.114

170.05

 

13

     

P

 

0

0.097

0.757

0

0.263