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Table 4 Median OS, HR and 95%CIs between intervention and contrast group

From: Transarterial chemoembolization plus sorafenib for the management of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Authors (year)

Combination group (95% CI)/months

TACE alone group (95% CI)/months

HR (95% CI)

Kudo et al. (2011) [15]

29.7 (28.6-NA)

NA

1.06 (0.69–1.64)

Lencioni et al. (2012) [10]

NA

NA

0.898 (0.606–1.33)

Qu et al. (2012) [45]

27 (21.9–32.1)

17 (8.9–25.0)

NA

Bai et al. (2013) [46]

7.5

5.1

0.61 (0.423–0.884)

Muhammad et al. (2013) [47]

20.6 (13.4–38.4)

18.3 (11.8–32.9)

0.82 (0.38–1.77)

Hu et al. (2014) [14]

7.0

4.9

0.63 (0.48–0.84)

Ohki et al. (2015) [6]

28.7

15.6

0.43 (0.24–0.76)

Yao et al. (2015) [12]

21.7

11.5

0.449 (0.302–0.668)

Wan et al.(2016) [50]

20.23

13.97

0.75 (0.61–0.94)

Zhang et al. (2016) [49]

14.9 (6.8–23.0)

6.1 (4.0–8.1)

NA

Varghese et al. (2017) [13]

BCLC-B = 16 (12.9–19.1)

BCLC-B = 9 (6.3–11.7)

BCLC-B:NA

BCLC-C = 9 (6.8–11.2)

BCLC-C = 4(3–5)

BCLC-C:NA

  1. Abbreviations: OS overall survival, HR hazard ratio, 95%CI 95% confidence intervals, NA not available