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Table 2 Sensitivity analysis

From: Dried blood spots PCR assays to screen congenital cytomegalovirus infection: a meta-analysis

The influence of each trial for the outcome of the meta-analysis

First Author (Year)

DOR

95%CI

Barbi et al [10]

1350.5

532.0-3428.5

Barbi et al [8]

1090.5

453.4-2623.0

Binda et al [11]

1203.6

502.3-2884.3

Boppana et al [2]

1396.4

501.6-3887.2

Boppana et al [2]

1212.7

482.7-3046.9

Distéfano et al [24]

1275.9

509.2-3197.1

Johansson et al [22]

1566.9

651.6-3768.1

Leruez-Ville et al [12]

1287.4

508.7-3258.3

Leruez-Ville et al [26]

1243.8

495.8-3120.4

Paixão et al [25]

1682.7

691.6-4094.1

Paradizˇ et al [13]

1262.6

508.9-3132.5

Scanga et al [14]

1432.5

576.3-3561.0

Soetens et al [16]

1636.5

711.2-3765.3

Vaudry et al [15]

1555.8

642.7-3765.9

Yamamoto et al [20]

1357.9

536.4-3437.6

combined

1262.6

508.9-3132.5

  1. The results showed that the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) results did not vary significantly when the reference changed.