Lipid profile and risk of ovarian tumours: a meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Existing data from several reports on the association between lipid profile and ovarian tumour (OT) suggests divergent conclusions. Our aim was to examine whether circulating lipid profile: total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) differed between cases and non-cases of OT. METHODS:Electronic repositories; PUBMED, EMBASE and Cochrane library were explored through December 2019 to retrieve published articles for inclusion in the meta-analysis after quality assessment. Heterogeneity was assessed using I2 statistics, the effect of individual studies on the overall effect size was tested using sensitivity analysis and funnel plot was used to evaluate publication bias. RESULTS:Twelve studies, involving 1767 OT cases a

SUBMITTER: Onwuka JU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7068873 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature