Chinese Neurosurgical Journal

Table 4 Meta-regressiosn analysis of the biochemical cure rate and recurrence rate of DAs and surgery

From: Are dopamine agonists still the first-choice treatment for prolactinoma in the era of endoscopy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

	Biochemical cure rate		Recurrence rate
	Surgery	DAs	Surgery	DAs
Gender	0.019	0.601	0.479	NA^a
Year	0.154	0.103	0.479	NA^a
Age	0.065	0.495	0.999	0.313
Microprolactinoma	0.880	0.578	0.350	0.732
Macroprolactinoma	0.001	0.235	0.068	0.836
Giant prolactinoma	0.482	0.029	NA^a	NA^a
Microscopic surgery	0.843	NA^b	NA^a	NA^b
Endoscopic surgery	0.199	NA^b	0.773	NA^b
Bromocriptine	NA^b	0.024	NA^b	0.248
Cabergoline	NA^b	0.935	NA^b	0.520

Das dopamine agonists, NA^a not applicable, because the data was not provided by included studies or enough to be included in the meta-regression analysis. NA^b not applicable, because the data was not discussed or calculated in the meta-analysis

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