Research Article

Clinicopathological Features and Prognostic Implication of Gastric Carcinoma with Lymphoid Stroma

Table 4

The estimated rates of various markers in gastric carcinoma with lymphoid stroma.

Number of subsetsFixed effect (95% CI)Heterogeneity test ( value)Random effect (95% CI)Egger’s test ( value)Meta-regression test ( value)

EBV positivity
 GCLS220.780 [0.754, 0.805]<0.0010.723 [0.643, 0.791]0.029<0.001
 Non-GCLS60.063 [0.052, 0.076]0.0670.064 [0.039, 0.103]0.970

Microsatellite instable
 GCLS10.059 [0.008, 0.320]1.0000.059 [0.008, 0.320]

PD-L1 in tumor cells
 GCLS10.677 [0.497, 0.817]1.0000.677 [0.497, 0.817]

PD-L1 in immune cells
 GCLS10.742 [0.563, 0.865]1.0000.742 [0.563, 0.865]

HER2
 GCLS30.026 [0.005, 0.120]0.8830.026 [0.005, 0.120]0.089<0.001
 Non-GCLS10.632 [0.403, 0.813]1.0000.632 [0.403, 0.813]

p53
 GCLS50.368 [0.253, 0.499]<0.0010.386 [0.140, 0.707]0.8540.554
 Non-GCLS20.494 [0.388, 0.600]0.4010.494 [0.388, 0.600]

CI, confidence interval; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus.