Characteristic Studies’n Sensitivity % (95% CI) Specificity % (95% CI) DOR (95% CI)
Type of study        
Prospective 3 0.852 (0.738-0.930) 0.774 (0.589-0.904) 12.932 (2.655-62.997)
Respective 8 0.874 (0.824-0.915) 0.969 (0.928-0.990) 75.012 (16.999-331.010)
Data assessment        
Qualitative 6 0.878 (0.813-0.926) 0.864 (0.750-0.940) 25.377 (5.313-121.220)
Semi-quantitative 5 0.861 (0.792-0.914) 0.969 (0.924-0.992) 93.999 (18.092-488.390)
Blinding        
Yes 6 0.890(0.838-0.930) 1.000(0.973-1.000) 215.46(50.058-927.400)
No 5 0.821(0.723-0.896) 0.744 (0.638-0.877) 10.129 (4.078-25.159)
Pooled results 11 0.870(0.825-0.907) 0.937 (0.892- 0.967) 46.130 (13.496-157.68)
Table 4: Subgroup analysis of the diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET/PET-CT on a per-patient.
18F-FDG PET: 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography; PET-CT: Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography; CI: Confidence Interval; DOR: Diagnostic Odds Ratio.