Table 3 Subgroup analysis of the associations between RDW and 3-year all-cause mortality by multivariable Cox regression.

From: Association between red blood cell distribution width and long-term mortality in acute respiratory failure patients

 

No. of patients

HR (95% CI)

P-value

Gender

Male

1651

1.13 (1.10, 1.17)

 < 0.0001

Female

1348

1.07 (1.04, 1.10)

 < 0.0001

Age (years)

 < 65

1433

1.13 (1.10, 1.17)

 < 0.0001

 ≥ 65

1566

1.07 (1.04, 1.10)

 < 0.0001

Ethnicity

Caucasian

2072

1.10 (1.07, 1.13)

 < 0.0001

Black

208

1.10 (1.01, 1.19)

0.0202

Asian

71

1.08 (0.90, 1.29)

0.4193

Others

648

1.08 (1.03, 1.13)

0.0018

Congestive heart failure

No

1935

1.09 (1.06, 1.12)

 < 0.0001

Yes

1064

1.10 (1.07, 1.14)

 < 0.0001

Pulmonary circulatory disease

No

2744

1.10 (1.07, 1.12)

 < 0.0001

Yes

255

1.10 (1.02, 1.18)

0.0092

Chronic pulmonary disease

No

2189

1.09 (1.06, 1.12)

 < 0.0001

Yes

810

1.11 (1.06, 1.16)

 < 0.0001

Renal failure

No

2643

1.09 (1.06, 1.11)

 < 0.0001

Yes

356

1.17 (1.10, 1.24)

 < 0.0001

Liver disease

No

2694

1.10 (1.07, 1.12)

 < 0.0001

Yes

305

1.06 (1.01, 1.12)

0.0262

Metastatic cancer

No

2808

1.10 (1.08, 1.13)

 < 0.0001

Yes

191

1.04 (0.98, 1.11)

0.2327

Mechanical ventilation

No

350

1.14 (1.08, 1.21)

 < 0.0001

Yes

2649

1.09 (1.06, 1.11)

 < 0.0001

  1. Adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, liver disease, metastatic cancer, congestive heart failure, renal failure, APS III score, SID30, OASIS, qSOFA, SIRS and mechanical ventilation, if not stratified.
  2. HR indicates hazard risk, CI confidence interval.