[Retracted] Diagnostic Accuracy of Procalcitonin for Bacterial Infection in Liver Failure: A Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Meta-analysis results derived from subgroup analysis using serum procalcitonin as a marker for bacterial infection in liver failure patients.

Subgroup	value	I^2 (%)
Age, more than 50 years old	≤0.001	89.5
Age, less than 50 years old	≤0.001	85.7
Etiology, ACLF	≤0.001	86.4
Etiology, nACLF	≤0.001	92.0
Site, sepsis	0.002	83.9
Site, nsepsis	≤0.001	90.7
Cutoff, more than 1 µg/mL	0.837	0.0
Cutoff, less than 1 µg/mL	0.003	78.8

ACLF: acute-on-chronic liver failure; nACLF: non-acute-on-chronic liver failure; nsepsis: non-sepsis.