Association between Perioperative Blood Transfusions and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Bladder Cancer Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study

Table 2

Sensitivity analysis.

Study	Study influence analysis OS				Study influence analysis CSS				Study influence analysis RFS
	HR	95% CI for HR		, %	HR	95% CI for HR		, %	HR	95% CI for HR		, %
Omitting Kluth et al. [9]	1.30	1.16–1.45	0.0151	67.5	1.34	1.15–1.55	0.021	59.8	1.26	1.14–1.39	0	0
Omitting Linder et al. [20]	1.27	1.13–1.42	0.0168	71.4	1.29	1.11–1.49	0.0227	64.6	1.22	1.11–.133	0.0005	3.9
Omitting Moschini et al. [17]	1.26	1.13–1.39	0.0137	71.0	1.25	1.10–1.41	0.0144	57.3	1.21	1.10–1.32	0.0003	2.4
Omitting Morgan et al. [21]	1.29	1.15–1.44	0.0164	72.1	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Omitting Abel et al. [10]	1.26	1.14–1.39	0.0136	71.0	1.26	1.11–1.43	0.0163	61.7	1.26	1.14–1.39	0	0
Omitting Abel et al. [10]	1.25	1.12–1.38	0.0128	67.1	1.24	1.10–1.40	0.0128	52.8	1.22	1.11–.133	0.0005	3.9
Omitting Soubra et al. [18]	1.30	1.16–1.45	0.0153	66.4	1.34	1.18–1.52	0.0137	49.3	NA	NA	NA	NA
Omitting Sadeghi et al. [22]	1.28	1.15–1.43	0.0149	72.1	1.30	1.13–1.49	0.0205	66.3	NA	NA	NA	NA
Omitting Gierth et al. [23]	1.20	1.12–1.30	0.0043	42.4	1.28	1.12–1.47	0.0201	65.2	1.21	1.10–1.32	0.0003	2.4

The summary HR when all studies are included was 1.27 (95% CI: 1.15, 1.40) with , %. The HR of transfusion ranged from 1.20 to 1.30 for the pooled meta-analysis and all omitted meta-analyses.
The summary HR when all studies are included was 1.29 (95% CI: 1.13, 1.46) with , %. The HR of transfusion ranged from 1.24 to 1.34 for the pooled meta-analysis and all omitted meta-analyses.
The summary HR when all studies are included was 1.21 (95% CI: 1.12, 1.31) with , %. The HR of transfusion ranged from 1.18 to 1.26 for the pooled meta-analysis and all omitted meta-analyses.