Table 3. Multivariable correlation analysis of reticulocytes and other variables.

	Total			High hemoglobin (≥14.5 g/dL)			Low hemoglobin (<14.5 g/dL)
	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p	β	95% CI	p
No. of participants	249			122			127
Age	−0.01	(−0.12, 0.11)	0.932	−0.08	(−0.23, 0.07)	0.282	0.010	(−0.18, 0.20)	0.917
Systolic blood pressure	−0.06	(−0.18, 0.06)	0.323	−0.12	(−0.28, 0.03)	0.127	−0.05	(−0.22, 0.14)	0.625
Body mass index (BMI)	0.06	(−0.05, 0.18)	0.276	0.07	(−0.09, 0.23)	0.399	0.08	(−0.10, 0.24)	0.419
Serum HDL-cholesterol (HDL)	0.01	(−0.12, 0.15)	0.827	−0.03	(−0.22, 0.15)	0.708	0.07	(−0.13, 0.25)	0.532
Serum triglycerides (TG)	0.13	(−0.004, 0.26)	0.056	0.12	(−0.07, 0.34)	0.190	0.13	(−0.07, 0.29)	0.232
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)	−0.02	(−0.14, 0.10)	0.775	0.02	(−0.13, 0.16)	0.849	−0.11	(−0.32, 0.08)	0.241
Serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST)	0.06	(−0.07, 0.19)	0.379	0.09	(−0.08, 0.23)	0.325	−0.02	(−0.25, 0.21)	0.846
Serum γ-glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GTP)	0.19	(0.06, 0.33)	0.006	0.28	(0.09, 0.47)	0.005	0.12	(−0.09, 0.31)	0.268
Serum uric acid (UA)	0.05	(−0.07, 0.18)	0.393	−0.04	(−0.20, 0.13)	0.674	0.08	(−0.11, 0.26)	0.432
Serum creatinine	0.002	(−0.12, 0.13)	0.979	0.04	(−0.13, 0.21)	0.627	0.02	(−0.17, 0.20)	0.849
White blood cells	0.31	(0.19, 0.43)	<0.001	0.39	(0.22, 0.55)	<0.001	0.17	(−0.02, 0.35)	0.081
Height	0.18	(0.06, 0.29)	0.003	0.28	(0.11, 0.39)	0.001	0.03	(−0.16, 0.23)	0.717

β: Standardized parameter estimate calculated by multiple linear regression analysis. CI: Confidence interval. TG, γ-GTP and serum creatinine are calculated in logarithm values.