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SynthesisClinical rheumatology2018

Diagnostic accuracy of miRNAs as potential biomarkers for systemic lupus erythematosus: a meta-analysis.

Zi-Wei Dai, Hong Wang, Wen-Juan Xu, Zhi-Hui Wang, Sheng-Qian Xu, Bin Wang, Dong-Qing Ye

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Synthesis in Clinical rheumatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zi-Wei DaiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Hong WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Wen-Juan XuDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Zhi-Hui WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China.
Sheng-Qian XuDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, 230022, Anhui, China.
Bin WangDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China. wbrst@sina.com.
Dong-Qing YeDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Major Autoimmune Diseases, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, Anhui, China. ydq@ahmu.edu.cn.
Anhui Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To systematically evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of miRNAs as potential biomarkers for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Studies were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and China Biology Medicine (CBM) disc database, and languages were limited in English and Chinese. QUADAS-2 tool was applied to assess the quality of eligible studies. Random-effect model was applied to calculate pooled effects of miRNAs on diagnosing SLE. Subgroup analysis was used to explore the sources of heterogeneity. All data were calculated and analyzed by Meta-Disc 1.4 and RevMan 5.3 software. Six eligible studies were included in this meta-analysis. The pooled sensitivity, specificity, and diagnostic odds ratio of miRNAs were 0.75(95% CI 0.71-0.79), 0.72(95% CI 0.66-0.78), and 8.79(95% CI 4.91-15.73), respectively. The pooled positive likelihood ratio was 2.71(95% CI 2.20-3.33) and negative likelihood ratio was 0.34(95% CI 0.24-0.48). The area under the curve was 0.787. The subgroup analysis showed that the number of healthy controls might be the sources of heterogeneity. MiRNAs in blood have moderate accuracy and influence on diagnosing SLE, and the exact diagnostic value should be confirmed by further studies.

Indexed as

BiomarkersHumansLikelihood FunctionsLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMicroRNAsSensitivity and SpecificityBiomarkersMicroRNAsDiagnosisMeta-analysisMiRNAsSystemic lupus erythematosus

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