Serologic Intestinal-Fatty Acid Binding Protein in Necrotizing Enterocolitis Diagnosis: A Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Metaregression analysis of the effects of some covariates on I-FABP in diagnosis of NEC.

(a)

Covariates	Coefficient	Stand. error	RDOR (95% CI)	value
Cut-off	0.508	0.3570	4.41 (1.25; 16.47)	0.0650
QUADAS	0.899	0.9412	1.53 (0.19; 11.82)	0.7290
Testing time	1.319	1.3255	2.36 (0.69; 21.44)	0.2862

(b)

Covariates	Coefficient	Stand. error	RDOR (95% CI)	value
Cut-off	0.659	0.5387	5.16 (1.87; 14.11)	0.1847
Testing time	1.587	1.8118	2.35 (0.58; 23.35)	0.4376

(c)

Covariates	Coefficient	Stand. error	RDOR (95% CI)	value
Cut-off	0.715	0.6575	4.98 (1.64; 14.92)	0.2713