Research Article

Evaluation of the Combined Application of AFP, AFP-L3%, and DCP for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Diagnosis: A Meta-analysis

Table 2

Metaregression analyses of the heterogeneity in AFP+AFP-L3%+DCP.

VariablesCoeff.Std.Err. valueRDOR(95%)CI

Ethnicity-0.210.420.640.81(0.31; 2.18)
Population0.000.000.321.00(1.00; 1.00)
Control-1.220.750.150.30(0.05; 1.73)
Test method0.140.170.441.15(0.77; 1.73)

Ethnicity was divided into Asians, Europeans, and North Americans.