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Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in the meta-analysis

From: Circulating microRNAs as novel potential diagnostic biomarkers for ovarian cancer: a systematic review and updated meta-analysis

ID

First Author

Year

Country

Median age

Type (Retro/Pro)

Cancer

Control

Standard

Specimen

Method

TNM stage (I-II/III-IV)

microRNAs

TN

TP

FN

FP

Cut-off

Level

1

Todeschini

2017

Italy

61

Pro

168

65

Yes

serum

qPCR

0/168

miR-1246

50

146

15

22

0.41

high

miR-595

55

79

10

89

−0.29

high

miR-2278

43

136

22

32

0.26

high

3 miRNAs

50

141

15

27

0.41

high

2

Zuberi(a)

2016

India

NA

Pro

70

70

Yes

serum

qPCR

33/37

miR-125b

54

44

16

26

3.76

high

3

Zuberi(b)

2016

India

NA

Pro

70

70

Yes

serum

qPCR

33/37

miR-199a

67

48

3

22

4.71

high

4

Meng(a)

2016

Germany

60

Pro

163

20

Yes

serum

qPCR

27/118

miR-200a

18

137

2

26

NA

high

miR-200b

20

86

0

77

NA

high

miR-200c

20

51

0

112

NA

high

3 miRNAs

18

144

2

19

NA

 

5

Meng(b)

2016

Germany

56

Pro

60

32

Yes

serum

qPCR

8/41

miR-200a

29

40

3

20

NA

high

miR-200b

29

56

3

4

NA

high

miR-200c

27

51

5

9

NA

high

3 miRNAs

32

50

0

10

NA

 

6

Meng(c)

2015

Germany

62

Pro

180

66

Yes

serum

qPCR

32/147

miR-7

49

96

17

84

NA

high

miR-25

42

166

24

14

NA

low

miR-93

41

158

25

22

NA

low

miR-429

63

107

3

73

NA

high

72

66

NA

4 miRNAs

61

67

5

5

NA

 

7

Gao

2015

China

NA

Retro

93

50

Yes

serum

qPCR

54/20

miR-200c

35

67

15

26

NA

high

miR-141

36

64

14

29

NA

high

8

Zheng

2013

China

53.75

Retro

134

70

Yes

plasma

qPCR

45/89

miR-205

66

40

4

94

NA

high

9

Suryawanshi

2013

USA

65.52

Retro

21

20

Yes

plasma

qRT-PCR

3/18

miR-16, 191, and 4284

11

19

9

2

NA

high

10

Hong

2013

China

58.6

Retro

96

35

Yes

serum

qRT-PCR

32/64

miR-221

5

85

30

11

NA

high

11

Guo

2013

China

54.5

Retro

50

50

Yes

serum

qRT-PCR

35/15

miR-92

38

40

12

10

NA

high

12

Chung

2013

Korea

57.5

Retro

18

12

Yes

serum

qPCR

3/14

miR-132

11

12

1

6

0.0001

low

miR-26a

9

18

0

3

0.0041

low

let-7b

12

15

3

0

0.066

low

miR-145

12

9

9

0

0.0011

low

13

Kan

2012

Australia

63

Retro

28

28

Yes

serum

qPCR

1/27

miR-200a

10

24

18

4

NA

high

miR-200b

10

24

18

4

NA

high

miR-200c

16

20

12

8

NA

high

miR-200b + 200c

13

22

15

6

NA

high

  1. Retro retrospective study, Pro prospective study, qPCR quantitative real-time PCR, qRT-PCR quantitative reverse transcription–PCR, TN true negatives, TP true positives, FN false negatives, FP false positives; level refers to the high or low levels of miRNA expression in blood compared with normal tissues.