Abstract
Calprotectin is a promising diagnostic biomarker for spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) among cirrhotic patients, but published studies report a wide variation of its diagnostic accuracy. We systematically searched six databases for eligible studies (i.e., all original studies that reported ascitic calprotectin as a diagnostic marker for SBP in cirrhotic patients), and assessed their quality with the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies-2 tool. We calculated the pooled sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios (PLR and NLR), and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) using the bivariate mixed-effect model. We constructed the summary receiver operating characteristic and determined the area under the curve (AUC). We registered the study protocol in PROSPERO (CRD42019125476). Our search retrieved 102 studies, of which 10 were included in the analysis. The overall risk of bias of these studies ranged from low to moderate. There was no heterogeneity from the threshold effect (Spearman correlation coefficient = 0.100, P value = 0.770). The pooled estimates [95% confidence intervals (CIs)] for ascitic calprotectin were as follows: sensitivity 0.91 (95% CI: 0.88-0.94), specificity 0.87 (95% CI: 0.68-0.96), PLR 7.18 (95% CI: 2.52-20.43), NLR 0.10 (95% CI: 0.07-0.15), DOR 71.91 (95% CI: 19.42-266.34), and AUC 0.92 (95% CI: 0.90-0.94). The sensitivity analysis did not detect outliers, and the model had a robust goodness of fit. There was no significant publication bias detected (Deeks test of asymmetry, P value = 0.79). Ascitic calprotectin is a promising diagnostic biomarker for SBP in cirrhotic patients.
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