Prognostic and clinicopathological significance of C-reactive protein–albumin–lymphocyte(CALLY) in patients with digestive system neoplasms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 4 The results of publication bias and trim and fill method

Prognostic indicator	Begg’s p-Value	Egger’s p-Value	OR (95% CI)		p-Value
Prognostic indicator	Begg’s p-Value	Egger’s p-Value	pre-correction	post-correction	pre-correction	post-correction
OS	0.013	0.158	0.707(0.603,0.810)	0.683(0.581,0.784)	< 0.001	< 0.001
DFS	0.452	0.024	0.600(0.379,0.820)	0.479(0.291,0.668)	< 0.001	< 0.001
RFS	0.035	0.012	0.422(0.288,0.557)	0.344(0.224,0.464)	< 0.001	< 0.001

Abbreviations: Begg’s test, rank correlation method for publication bias; Egger’s test, linear regression method for publication bias; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; OS, overall survival; DFS, disease-free survival; RFS, recurrence-free survival

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