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. 2018 Jan 17;13(1):e0191280. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191280

Table 3. Association of RDW with different parameters and biological pathways.

β-Coefficient R2 p-value
Full model - 0.42 < 0.001
Full model without hemoglobin - 0.37 < 0.001
Full model without proADM - 0.38 < 0.001
Model for inflammation - 0.30 < 0.001
Pro-adrenomedullin 0.10 (0.09; 0.10) 0.24 < 0.001
Copeptin 0.02 (0.02; 0.03) 0.07 < 0.001
Procalcitonin 0.01 (0.01; 0.02) 0.02 < 0.001
C-reactive protein 0.02 (0.02; 0.03) 0.04 < 0.001
Albumin -0.01 (-0.01; -0.009) 0.21 < 0.001
White blood cell count 0.02 (0.01; 0.02) 0.01 < 0.001
Absolute neutrophil count 0.005 (0.004; 0.006) 0.03 < 0.001
Infectious and parasitic diseases 0.01 (-0.003; 0.2) 0.0005 0.144
Model for blood - 0.30 < 0.001
INR 0.05 (0.048; 0.06) 0.07 < 0.001
Platelets 0.0001 (0.00004; 0.0001) 0.003 < 0.001
Hemoglobin -0.0029 (-0.003; -0.0027) 0.26 < 0.001
Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) -0.001 (-0.001; 0.0001) 0.0002 0.973
Diseases of the blood 0.11 (0.098; 0.131) 0.04 < 0.001
Model for kidneys - 0.07 < 0.001
Creatinine -1.46 (-1.65; -1.27) 0.05 < 0.001
Comorbidity renal failure 0.083 (0.078; 0.099) 0.06 < 0.001
Model for nutrition - 0.20 < 0.001
Glucose 0.042 (0.03; 0.055) 0.01 < 0.001
Calcium -0.142 (-0.171; -0.144) 0.02 < 0.001
Corrected calcium -1.75 (-1.92; -1.57) 0.08 < 0.001
Comorbidity diabetes 0.0403 (0.029; 0.051) 0.01 < 0.001
Endocrine and metabolic diseases 0.004 (-0.027; 0.035) 0 0.811
Model for tumor - 0.09 < 0.001
Neoplastic diseases 0.115 (0.098; 0.131) 0.04 < 0.001
Comorbidity tumor 0.106 (0.096; 0.116) 0.09 < 0.001
Model for cardiovascular system - 0.02 < 0.001
Diseases of the circulatory system -0.0014 (-0.01; 0.007) 0 0.747
Comorbidity hypertension 0.036 (0.028; 0.043) 0.02 < 0.001
Comorbidity coronary heart disease 0.011 (-0.0008; 0.022) 0.0008 0.067
Model for lungs - 0.01 < 0.001
Diseases of the respiratory system 0.029 (0.014; 0.045) 0.003 < 0.001
Comorbidity COPD 0.069 (0.052; 0.087) 0.01 < 0.001

Laboratory parameters were transformed to reach normal distribution before entering into the statistical models.