Prediction of the severity of acute pancreatitis on admission by urinary trypsinogen activation peptide: A meta-analysis

Figure 1 Flow diagram illustrating the process of identification of relevant studies.

Figure 2 Forest plots of sensitivity (A), specificity (B), and summary receiver operating characteristic curve (C) for on admission urinary trypsinogen activation peptide in predicting severe acute pancreatitis. SROC: Summary receiver operating characteristic; AUC: Area under the curve.

Figure 3 Forest plots of diagnostic OR for urinary trypsinogen activation peptide vs serum C-reactive protein and urinary trypsinogen activation peptide vs Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score in predicting severe acute pancreatitis. The pooled diagnostic odds ratios of on-admission urinary trypsinogen activation peptide (A), plasma C-reactive protein at 48 h (B) and Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score at 48 h (C).

Figure 4 Funnel plot of the effect of effective sample size weighted regression tests of asymmetry for included studies. ESS: Effective sample size.