Results
Figure 2 shows the Forest Plot
between the role of TNF alpha during sepsis. Less than 1 favors TNF1,
and more than 1 favors TNF2 among Asian Population. The plot shows eight
studies evaluated for the odds of having increased TNF1 in sepsis
conditions. The plot shows that the cumulative statistics are
significant at a 95% confidence level and have a p-value less than
0.05. The cumulative statistics for odds of increased TNF2 with
confidence interval varying from 0.992 to 1.310. The odds ratio of 1.140
indicates that the odds of increased TNF2 in sepsis condition among
Asians were more than the cases of TNF1. The I2 (inconsistency) is also
more than 95%, indicating less heterogeneity between the studies
included.
Figure 3 shows the Forest Plot between the role of TNF alpha during
sepsis. Less than 1 favors TNF1 and more than 1 favors TNF2 among
Caucasian Population. Fifteen studies evaluated the odds of having
increased TNF1 in sepsis conditions. The cumulative statistics were
significant at a 95% confidence level and had a p-value less than 0.05.
The odds ratio of 0.978 indicates that the odds of increased TNF1 in
sepsis condition among Caucasians is more than in the case of TNF2. The
I2 (inconsistency) is less than 95% (82.31%), indicating moderate
heterogeneity between the studies included.