ALB and hemorrhagic fever: After screening 6747 publications, and analysing 37 eligible studies reporting on 5925 patients, elevated C-reactive protein, aspartate aminotransferase, interleukin-8 and decreased albumin levels were strongly associated with dengue haemorrhagic fever (by meta-analyses of multiple studies, p < 0.05), while elevated vascular cell adhesion protein 1, syndecan-1, aspartate aminotransferase and C-reactive protein levels were strongly associated with severe dengue (by meta-analyses of multiple studies, p < 0.05).