Fig 1.
Flowchart presenting the steps of records search and selection.
Table 1.
Basic characteristics of the included studies.
Table 2.
Survival analysis data of the included studies.
Fig 2.
Forest plot showing the association between CRP levels and DSS of patients with soft tissue sarcoma.
The summary HR and 95% CIs were shown.
Table 3.
Meta-regression analysis for the relationship between CRP levels and DSS.
Fig 3.
Sensitivity analysis for the relationship between CRP levels and DSS.
(A) Influence of each study on the pooled HRs. (B) Forest plot after the heterogeneous study was excluded.
Fig 4.
Forest plot of subgroup analysis for the relationship between CRP levels and DSS based on different metastasis status.
Fig 5.
Forest plot of subgroup analysis based on different sample sizes.
Fig 6.
Analyses of publication bias for the relationship between CRP levels and DSS.
(A) Funnel plot of all 7 studies. (B) Funnel plot after the trim and fill method was adopted. (C) Forest plot after the trim and fill method was adopted. (D) Funnel plot after the heterogeneous study was excluded.
Fig 7.
Forest plot showing the association between CRP levels and DFS/RFS of patients with soft tissue sarcoma.
The summary HR and 95% CIs were shown.
Table 4.
Meta-regression analysis for the relationship between CRP levels and DFS/RFS.
Fig 8.
Sensitivity analysis for the relationship between CRP levels and DFS/RFS.
Fig 9.
Forest plot of subgroup analysis for the relationship between CRP levels and DFS/RFS based on different sample sizes (n > 100 or n < 100).
Fig 10.
Analyses of publication bias for the relationship between CRP levels and DFS/RFS.
(A) Funnel plot of all 6 studies. (B) Funnel plot after the trim and fill method was adopted. (C) Forest plot after the trim and fill method was adopted.