Table 1 Characteristics of the studies included in the meta-analysis
Study | M/F | Type of cohort study | Country | Intervention | MR Tesla/ MRI sequence | Cases/ controls | NVC in general | REZ NVC | NON-REZ NVC | Nerve anatomic changes* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensit /Specif | Sensit /Specif | Sensit /Specif | Sensit /Specif | |||||||
Erbay 2006 | 21/19 | Retrospective | United States | GKS | 1.5T/CISS | 40/40 | 0.75/0.75 | 0.75/0.75 | - | - |
Lorenzoni 2008 | 50/39 | Retrospective | Belgium | GKS | 1.5T/ MRI | 89/89 | 0.92/0.45 | - | - | 0.20/1.00 |
Miller 2009 | 13/17 | Retrospective | United States | MVD | 3.0-T/BFFE | 30/60 | 0.90/0.55 | 0.73/0.87 | 0.17/0.68 | 0.43/0.85 |
Chun-Cheng 2009 | 25/20 | Retrospective | China | MVD | 3.0-T/SPGR, MRA | 45/117 | 0.89/0.62 | - | - | 0.53/0.92 |
Ni 2009 | 14/19 | Retrospective | China | MVD | 3.0-T/FPGRI, MRA | 33/33 | 0.88/0.27 | 0.88/0.73 | - | 0.61/0.91 |
Han-bing 2010 | 73/94 | Retrospective | China | MVD | 1.5-T/FPGRI, MRA | 167/167 | 0.86/0.86 | - | - | - |
Zhou 2011 | 21/16 | Retrospective | China | MVD | 3.0-T/MRA | 37/37 | 0.95/0.68 | - | - | 0.54/0.89 |
Cha 2011 | 29/37 | Retrospective | Korea | MVD | 3.0-T/MPR, MRA | 66/66 | 0.95/0.26 | - | - | 0.74/0.79 |
Zeng 2013 | 21/16 | Retrospective | China | MVD | 3.0-T/FIESTA, MRA | 37/101 | 0.94/0.69 | - | - | 0.56/0.96 |
Antonini 2014 | 11/13 | Retrospective | Italy | Medical | 1.5-T/CISS, MRA | 24/72 | 0.87/0.73 | 0.66/0.90 | 0.30/0.78 | 0.66/0.94 |
Docampo 2015 | 11/19 | Prospective | Argentina | MVD | 3.0-T/FIESTA, MRA | 30/130 | 0.83/0.72 | - | - | 0.36/0.99 |
Maarbjerg 2015 | 53/82 | Retrospective | Denmark | Medical | 3.0-T/BFFE, MRA | 135/135 | 0.80/0.66 | 0.80/0.29 | 0.08/0.92 | 0.52/0.86 |
Hughes 2019 | 34/45 | Retrospective | United States | MVD | 3.0-T/SSFP | 79/79 | 0.97/0.36 | - | - | 0.59/0.91 |