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

Table 3

Correlations between low and high CAR groups with clinicopathological characteristics conducted with meta-analysis.

Items factors	Included studies	OR (95% CI)	value		Analysis model
Liver cirrhosis	2	1.07 (0.72,1.59)	0.75	0%	Fixed
Multiply tumors	3	0.57 (0.69,0.84)	0.005	17%	Fixed
Child grade A	2	0.61 (0.20,1.91)	0.40	85%	Random
MVI	2	0.56 (0.25,1.27)	0.17	63%	Random
TNM I, II, III, and IV	3	0.43 (0.25,0.72)	0.001	46%	Fixed