Clinical Significance of C-Reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Correlations between low and high CAR groups with clinicopathological characteristics unable to conduct with meta-analysis.

Studies factor	Kinosta 2014		Shimizu 2017		Ren 2018
	Low	High	Low	High	Low	High
AFP (μg/L) (mean and range)	17.7 (2–1,693)	36 (1–280,6)	8 (4–85)	28 (6–337)	28 (19–49)	38.5 (25.3–56.0)
Maximum tumor size (cm)	2.5 (0.7–8.8)	4.3 (1.0–20.0)	2.5 (1.8–3.7)	4.0 (2.3–6.5)	3.5 (2.7–5.2)	6.0 (4.34–9.5)