• Medical Laboratory Center, First Affiliated Hospital, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830054, China;
ZHANGZhao-xia, Email: 285715300@qq.com
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Objective To systematically review the diagnostic value of Antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) in serum tested by Chemiluminescence Assay for patients with hepatitis C. Methods Such databases as PubMed, EMbase, The Cochrane Library (Issue 1, 2014), CBM, CNKI, VIP, and WanFang Data were searched from the date of their establishment to March 1st, 2014, and the relevant journals were also manually searched to collect the studies which evaluated the diagnostic value of anti-HCV in serum tested by chemiluminescence assay for patients with hepatitis C. Literature screening according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, data extraction and methodological quality assessment were completed by two reviewers independently. Meta-analysis was then conducted using MetaDisc 1.4 software. Results A total of 12 studies involving 1 252 patients were enrolled. The results of meta-analysis indicated that, the pooled sensitivity was 0.99 (95%CI 0.98 to 0.99, P=0.000 1), and the pooled specificity was 0.98 (95%CI 0.98 to 0.99, P=0.000 0). The positive likelihood ratio was 42.53 (95%CI 18.05 to 100.23, P=0.000 0) and the negative likelihood ratio was 0.02 (95%CI 0.01 to 0.03, P=0.026 2). The diagnostic odds ratio was 3 005.82 (95%CI 1 257.08 to 7 187.29, P=0.006), overall area under the curve (AUC) was 0.9 977 (SE=0.000 8), and Q* was 0.983 3 (SE=0.003 6). Conclusion Anti-HCV in serum tested by chemiluminescence assay is sensitive, specific and stable, which is suitable for extensive application in clinics.

Citation: ZENGYan-hua, MENGCun-ren, ZHANGZhao-xia. Diagnostic Value of Antibodies to Anti-HCV Tested by Chemiluminescence Assay in Hepatitis C: A Meta-Analysis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2014, 14(6): 707-715. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20140120 Copy

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