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Table 5 Number of studies, patients and their distributions included in each analysis, for the immunocytochemistry technique

From: Expression of ck-19, galectin-3 and hbme-1 in the differentiation of thyroid lesions: systematic review and diagnostic meta-analysis

ICC ANALYSIS

STUDIES

PATIENTS

TP

FP

FN

TN

CK-19[31, 62, 63]

3

230

111 (48.3%)

19 (8.3%)

27 (11.7%)

73 (31.7%)

GAL-3[31, 64–75]

14

1785

581 (33.9%)

103 (6.0%)

104 (6.0%)

927 (54.1%)

HBME-1[31, 62, 64, 66, 74, 76, 77]

7

3900

1501 (38.5%)

324 (8.3%)

436 (11.2%)

1639 (42.0%)

  1. LEGEND: TP (true-positive), FP (false-positive), FN (false-negative) and TN (true-negative).