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Table 2 Results of Meta-analysis

From: The reporting quality of studies investigating the diagnostic accuracy of anti-CCP antibody in rheumatoid arthritis and its impact on diagnostic estimates

Group

Articles, n

Studies, n

Sensitivity (95% ci),%

Specificity (95% ci),%

All data

103

132

70.8 (68.3-73.2)

95.8 (94.9-96.6)

Effect of STARD score

    

High quality score

53

73

70.9 (67.5-74.1)

95.7 (94.4-96.7)

Low quality score

50

59

70.7 (67.0-74.1)

96.0 (94.8-97.0)

Effect of STARD item 2

    

Yes

101

129

70.8 (68.3-73.2)

95.8 (94.9-96.6)

No ¥

2

3

NA

NA

Effect of STARD item 5

    

Yes

77

99

71.8 (69.0-74.5)

95.6 (94.5-96.5)

No

26

33

67.7 (62.6-72.4)

96.3 (94.9-97.4)

Effect of STARD item 7

    

Yes

80

103

71.0 (68.2-73.7)

95.9 (94.9-96.7)

No

23

29

70.0 (64.7-74.9)

95.6 (93.2-97.2)

Effect of STARD item 10

    

Yes

93

121

70.2 (67.5-72.7)*

95.9 (95.0-96.7)

No

10

11

77.5 (71.7-82.3)

94.5 (91.7-96.4)

Effect of STARD item 13

    

Yes

90

116

71.5 (68.9-74.1)**

95.6 (94.6-96.4)*

No

13

16

65.7 (59.7-71.2)

97.2 (96.2-97.9)

Effect of STARD item 16

    

Yes

55

66

73.3 (69.8-76.6)

94.6 (93.2-95.8)*

No

48

66

68.3 (64.9-71.5)

96.8 (95.7-97.7)

Effect of STARD item 19

    

Yes

77

105

70.5 (67.8-73.1)

95.8 (94.8-96.5)

No

26

27

72.3 (66.1-77.8)

96.4 (93.8-97.9)

  1. ¥ = non-applicable, <4 studies; *P < 0.05, **P = 0.06.