Table 3.

Spearman correlations between RDW and hemoglobin with baseline markers of inflammation and immune activation.

	RDW		Hemoglobin
Baseline Marker	Rho	P-value	Rho	P-value
C-Reactive Protein	.196	0.017	-0.126	0.127
D-Dimer	.214	0.009	-0.294	<0.001
Fibrinogen	.192	0.02	-0.259	0.002
ICAM	0.075	0.369	0.08	0.104
IL-6	.257	0.002	-0.148	0.073
TNF alpha receptor I	0.011	0.9	0.135	0.104
TNF alpha receptor II	0.001	0.986	-0.044	0.598
VCAM	-0.133	0.109	0.208	0.011
sCD14	-0.053	0.520	-0.135	0.103
SCD163	0.099	0.231	0.07	0.399
CD14+TF+ monocytes	0.095	0.261	0.054	0.523
CD4+DR+38+ T cells	.195	0.02	-0.056	0.503
CD4+PD1+T cells	.227	0.006	-0.010	0.909
CD8+DR+38+ T cells	0.06	0.475	0.076	0.366
CD8+PD1+T cells	0.037	0.657	-0.012	0.89

RDW = Red Cell Distribution Width. P values typed in bold denote statistical significance.