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. 2019 Feb 28;9:3033. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40024-8

Table 3.

Association between platelet distribution width to platelet count ratio, red cell distribution and red cell distribution width to platelet count ratio and clinicopathological characteristics in breast cancer patients.

Variables PDW/P RDW
Average SD p-value Average SD p-value
Age (years)
<50 0.49 0.15 0.018 13.51 1.46 0.36
≥50 0.57 0.21 13.32 1.21
TS
<20 0.56 0.20 0.60 13.29 1.22 0.28
≥20 0.57 0.21 13.45 1.29
NG
1 0.57 0.20 0.37 13.34 1.31 0.98
2, 3 0.55 0.26 13.34 1.20
LN
(−) 0.56 0.19 0.70 13.28 1.18 0.09
(+) 0.57 0.26 13.56 1.43
ER
(−) 0.56 0.25 0.99 13.39 1.38 0.70
(+) 0.56 0.19 13.33 1.20
PgR
(−) 0.58 0.24 0.35 13.49 1.44 0.08
(+) 0.55 0.18 13.24 1.08
HER2
(−) 0.58 0.21 0.018 13.40 1.32 0.10
(+) 0.50 0.18 13.08 0.76
Variables RPR
Average SD p-value
Age (years)
<50 0.54 0.11 0.0026
≥50 0.63 0.17
TS
<20 0.63 0.17 0.44
≥20 0.61 0.17
NG
1 0.63 0.18 0.16
2, 3 0.61 0.16
LN
(−) 0.62 0.17 0.46
(+) 0.61 0.16
ER
(−) 0.60 0.17 0.29
(+) 0.63 0.17
PgR
(−) 0.62 0.18 0.71
(+) 0.62 0.16
HER2
(−) 0.63 0.17 0.019
(+) 0.57 0.15

Abbreviations: TS, tumour size; NG, nuclear grade; LN, lymph node involvement; ER, oestrogen receptor; PgR, progesterone receptor; HER2, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2; SD, standard deviation; p, p-value; PDW/P, platelet distribution width to platelet count ratio; RDW, red cell distribution width; RPR, red cell distribution width to platelet count ratio.