Significance of Serum Pepsinogens as a Biomarker for Gastric Cancer and Atrophic Gastritis Screening: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Fig 4
Forest plots of sensitivity, specificity, DLR+, and DLR- for SPG detection in AG.
(a) The summary sensitivity was 0.69 (95% CI: 0.55–0.80; I2 = 93.67%; n = 16); (b) The summary specificity of all articles was 0.88 (95% CI: 0.77–0.94; I2 = 97.57%; n = 16); (c) The summary DLR+ of all articles was 5.80 (95% CI: 3.06–10.99; I2 = 93.82%; n = 16); (d) The summary DLR- of all articles was 0.35 (95% CI: 0.24–0.51; I2 = 96.57% n = 16).