Review Article

Clinical and Prognostic Effect of Plasma Fibrinogen in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Plasma fibrinogen according to clinicopathological features.

Outcome of interestStudies ()PatientsOR95% CI valueModel, , value

T3-T4 versus T1-T2322173.691.81–7.540.0003Random6.39, 69%, 0.04
G3-G4 versus G1-G2322172.041.68–2.480.000Fixed3.91, 49%, 0.14
CcRCC versus non-ccRCC322170.790.62–1.010.06Fixed1.38, 0%, 0.06
Male versus female322170.860.70–1.050.14Fixed2.83, 29%, 0.24

CcRCC: clear cell renal cell carcinoma; Fixed: fixed, inverse variance model; : -squared; OR: odds ratio; Random: random, I–V heterogeneity model; RCC: renal cell carcinoma.