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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: 3.0 T MRI is more recommended to detect acetabular labral tears than MR Arthrography: an updated meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy

Study

Country/Year

Study design

Subjects/hips

Mean age

Sex (F:M)

MR type

Mean time MR to surgery

Reference standard

Reference test blinded design

Index test blinded design

MR reviewers

Radiologists reliability

Freedman BA

USA/2006

24/24

37.1

13:11

MRA(1.5 T)

 > 6 months

Arthroscopy

NA

Yes

1 MSK Radiologist

k > 0.96a

Leunig M

Switzerland/1997

23/23

40

14:9

MRA(1.5 T)

5 months

Arthroscopy

NA

NA

NA

NA

Toomayan GA

USA/2006

48/51

35

27:21

MRI(1.5 T) MRA(1.5 T)

NA

Arthroscopy

NA

Yes

6 MSK radiologists

NA

Chan YS

China/2005

30/17

41

13:17

MRA(1.5 T)

NA

Arthroscopy

NA

Yes

3 MSK Radiologists

NA

Byrd JW

USA/2004

40/40

NA

NA

MRI(1.5 T) MRA(1.5 T)

NA

Arthroscopy

NA

NA

1 of 2 MSK Radiologists

NA

Mintz DN

USA/2005

92/92

38.5

58:34

MRI(1.5 T)

NA

Arthroscopy

NA

Yes

2 MSK Radiologists

92% agreement

Studler U

Switzerland/2008

57/57

35

36:21

MRI(1.5 T) MRA(1.5 T)

NA

Open surgery and arthroscopy

NA

Yes

2 MSK Radiologists

k = 0.81b

Petersilge CA

USA/1996

10/10

38.4

5:5

MRA(1.5 T)

NA

Open surgery and arthroscopy

No

NA

1 MSK Radiologist

NA

Keeney JA

USA/2004

101/102

37.6

70:31

MRA(1.5 T)

NA

arthroscopy

No

NA

subspecialty radiologists

NA

Aprato A

Italy/2013

41/41

24.0

17:24

MRA(1.5 T,apply traction)

 < 6 months

Open surgery and arthroscopy

NA

NA

Subspecialty MSK radiologists

NA

Banks DB

UK/2012

66/69

NA

NA

MRA(1.5 T)

 < 12 weeks

Arthroscopy

No

Yes

MSK radiologist

NA

Magee T

USA/2015

43/43

34

15:28

MRI(3.0 T)MRA(3.0 T)

18 days

Arthroscopy

No

Yes

2 MSK radiologists

MRI:k = 0.88b

MRA:k = 0.85b

Tian CY

China/2014

90/90

35.1

46:44

MRI(3.0 T)MRA(3.0 T)

49.7 days

Arthroscopy

No

Yes

2 radiologists

MRI:k = 0.65b

MRA:k = 0.81b

Reurink G

Netherlands/2012

93/95

40.1

64:31

MRA(1.5 T)

153 day

Arthroscopy

NA

Yes

2 MSK radiologists

k = 0.27b

Crespo-Rodríguez AM

Spain/2017

50/50

42.5

20:30

MRA(1.5 T,apply traction) MRI(3.0 T)

8 months

Arthroscopy

No

Yes

NA

NA

Carulli C

Italy/2018

24/29

38.3

6:18

MRA(1.5 T)

NA

Arthroscopy

Yes

Yes

NA

NA

Annabell L

Australia/2018

68/71

NA

30:41

MRI(3.0 T)

 < 6 months

arthroscopy

NA

Yes

2 MSK radiologists

k = 0.501b

Saied AM

Belgium/2019

482/490

39.5

262: 228

MRI(1.5 T)

MRA(1.5 T)

NA

Arthroscopy

No

NA

1 MSK radiologist

NA

Linda DD

Canada/2017

38/42

29

13:25

MRI(3.0 T)

154 days

Arthroscopy

No

Yes

2 MSK radiologists

NA

Sutter R

Switzerland/2014

28/28

31.8

10:18

MRI(1.5 T)

MRA(1.5 T)

4 months

Open surgery and arthroscopy

NA

Yes

2 MSK radiologists

MRI:k = 0.63b MRA: k = 0.81b

Sahin M

Turkey/2014

14/14

35

11:3

MRA(1.5 T)

NA

Arthroscopy

NA

Yes

2 MSK radiologists

NA

Schmaranzer F

Austria/2015

73/75

34.5

28:45

MRA(1.5 T)(apply traction)

NA

Arthroscopy

NA

Yes

2 MSK radiologists

k = 0.58b

  1. MR, magnetic resonance; MRA, magnetic resonance arthrogram; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; MSK musculoskeletal; Retrospective study; Prospective study; Unclear; a: intraobserver reliability; b: interobserver reliability; NA not available