Red Cell Distribution Width Is Associated with All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients with Diabetes

Table 2

Unadjusted and adjusted odds of underlying diabetes-related complications by RDW quartile.

	MI	Stroke	CKD	Retinopathy
	Odds ratio (95% confidence interval), value
Unadjusted
versus	1.72 [1.19–2.51],	1.44 [0.98–2.13],	1.69 [1.28–2.22],	1.06 [0.84–1.34],
versus	2.59 [1.82–3.68],	2.16 [1.50–3.10],	2.14 [1.64–2.80],	1.03 [0.81–1.31],
versus	3.82 [2.73–5.36],	2.76 [1.94–3.91],	3.76 [2.92–4.85],	1.20 [0.95–1.51],
versus	1.55 [1.05–2.30],	1.22 [0.81–1.82],	1.20 [0.88–1.65],	0.99 [0.77–1.28],
versus	2.15 [1.48–3.12],	1.73 [1.18–2.55],	1.24 [0.91–1.70],	0.90 [0.69–1.18],
versus	3.17 [2.17–4.64],	1.93 [1.30–2.86],	1.64 [1.20–1.11],	0.84 [0.64–1.12],

for age, gender, race, hemoglobin, SBP, smoking, cholesterol, and insulin use. MI: myocardial infarction and CKD: chronic kidney disease.