Meta-analysis of influence of TNF-α and NSE levels in cerebrospinal fluid on children with viral encephalitis / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To systematically evaluate the influence of TNF-α and NSE levels in cerebrospinal fluid on Chinese children with viral encephalitis (VE).Methods Literature about the influence of TNF-α and NSE levels in cerebrospinal fluid on Chinese children with VE,which were published before Nov.1,2016,were searched in databases including CNKI,Wanfang Data,Cochrane Library and PubMed.And the case-control study about the TNF-α and NSE levels in cerebrospinal fluid between Children with VE (VE group) and children without VE (control group) were included in this study,and the quality evaluation was implemented and the data were extracted.And then the RevMan 5.3 was used to carry out the meta-analysis.Results Nine case-control studies were included in this study,involving 536 cases in the VE group and 284 cases in the control group.The results showed that the level of TNF-α and NSE in cerebrospinal fluid of the VE group were all significantly higher than that of the control group,and the differences was statistically significant [SMD=1.75,95%CI:1.56-1.93,P<0.01;SMD=1.34,95%CI:1.17-1.51,P<0.01].Conclusion The levels of TNF-α and NSE in cerebrospinal fluid are positively correlated with the incidence of VE in Chinese children.