[Retracted] The Role of C-Reactive Protein in the Prognosis of Prostate Cancer: A Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Quality assessment.

Spectrum composition

Selection criteria

Reference standard

Disease progression bias

Partial verification

Differential verification

Incorporation bias

Index test execution

Reference standard execution

Test review bias

Reference standard review bias

Clinical review bias

Uninterpretable test result

Withdrawals

Total

Ito et al. [13]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

13/14

Yamada et al. [14]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

14/14

Merriel et al. [15]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

12/14

Prins et al. [16]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

14/14

Beer et al. [17]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes (up to 4 weeks)

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

13/14

Hall et al. [18]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

14/14

Ilktac et al. [19]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

13/14

Stikbakke et al. [20]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

13/14

Stark et al. [21]

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

13/14

Xu et al. [22]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

14/14

Benli et al. [23]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

13/14

Tulloch-Reid et al. [10]

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Whole sample

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

13/14