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. 2025 Aug 26;17(8):e91066. doi: 10.7759/cureus.91066

Table 2. Correlation between FRC and other red cell parameters.

RDW-SD, red cell distribution width-standard deviation; RDW-CV, red cell distribution width-coefficient of variation; Hypo-He, hypo hemoglobin equivalent; IRF, immature reticulocyte fraction; HFR, high fluorescence reticulocyte; Micro R, micro red cells; PLT, platelet count; MCH, mean corpuscular hemoglobin; RET, reticulocyte percentage

Predictor Variable Regression Equation (Y = a + bx) Correlation Coefficient (R) p-value R-squared (R²)
RDW-SD y = -0.4121 + 0.0113 × RDW-SD 0.117 <0.001 0.0137
RDW-CV y = -2.1914 + 0.1612 × RDW-CV 0.4236 <0.001 0.1795
Hypo-He y = 0.0700 + 0.0527 × Hypo-He 0.5002 <0.001 0.2502
IRF y = -0.1784 + 0.0271 × IRF 0.2419 <0.001 0.0585
HFR y = -0.0091 + 0.0653 × HFR 0.2725 <0.001 0.0743
Micro R y = 0.0408 + 0.0346 × Micro R 0.3673 <0.001 0.1349
PLT y = 0.0008 + 0.0006 × PLT 0.0768 0.01 0.0059
MCH y = 4.7571 - 0.1432 × MCH -0.3587 <0.001 0.1287
RET y = -0.0400 + 2.1963 × RET 0.1028 <0.001 0.0106