Table 3. Diagnostic parameters of IL-8 for detecting colorectal cancer.

Parameters	Pooled ratio	Low value of 95%CI	High value of 95%CI	I square	Model used
Sensitivity	0.70	0.66	0.74	96.8%	Random effect model
Specificity	0.91	0.86	0.94	78.2%	Random effect model
Positive LR	7.00	2.48	19.73	80.7%	Random effect model
Negative LR	0.24	0.09	0.64	97.9%	Random effect model
Diagnostic OR	34.93	6.40	190.70	85.9%	Random effect model

LR: likelihood ratio; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.