Associations between hepatitis B virus basal core promoter/pre-core region mutations and the risk of acute-on-chronic liver failure: a meta-analysis

Table 5 Assessment of within-group heterogeneity, publication bias and sensitivity analysis

Mutation site	P value for heterogeneity	P value for Egger’s test	Sensitivity analysis
T1753V	0.006	0.923	-
A1762T	0.164	0.181	-
G1764A	0.004	0.100	-
A1762T/G1764A	0.000	0.455	-
C1766T	0.852	0.300	-
T1768A	0.681	0.291	-
A1846T	0.037	0.856	-
G1862T	0.001	0.125	+
G1896A	0.002	0.520	-
G1899A	0.307	0.591	-
G1896A/A1762T/G1764A	0.073	0.045	-

The summary OR did not change statistical significance when running sensitivity analysis. ‘+’ = the P value for summary OR reached statistical significance of 0.001 when the trial conducted by Xiaoqiang Ren was removed

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