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Table 2 Subgroup analyses of GIM and risk of cancer/dysplasia

From: A meta-analysis and systematic review on subtypes of gastric intestinal metaplasia and neoplasia risk

Group

No. of studies

Pooled RR (95% CI)

Heterogeneity

I2 (%)

P

Subtype

 III vs. II + I

7

6.27 (1.89–20.77)

92.0

< 0.001

 III vs. II

7

5.55 (2.07–14.92)

83.3

< 0.001

 II vs Ia

6

1.62 (1.16–2.27)

0.0

0.697

Design

 Cohort

7

5.05 (2.96–8.63)

34.9

0.162

 Case control

5

3.15 (1.48–6.73)

86.3

< 0.001

Country of origin

 East Asia

3

4.01 (0.82–19.61)

84.9

< 0.001

 Western countries

8

4.65 (2.30–9.42)

74.8

< 0.001

  1. aResults of the remaining 6 studies after excluding 1 study [31] by sensitivity analysis