Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Is Associated with Carotid Atherosclerosis in People with Type 2 Diabetes

Table 3

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for increased carotid IMT according to RDW.

	RDW tertile
	I	II	III	for trend
OR (model 1)	1.00	1.89 (1.10–3.25)	2.77 (1.63–4.70)	<0.01
OR (model 2)	1.00	1.68 (1.03–2.80)	2.12 (1.18–4.23)	<0.01
OR (model 3)	1.00	1.28 (0.87–2.01)	1.95 (1.08–3.52)	0.03

RDW: red blood cell distribution width; OR: odds ratio. Carotid atherosclerosis was defined as C-IMT ≥ 1.0 mm. Model 1: unadjusted. Model 2: adjusted for age and sex. Model 3: adjusted for age, sex, DM duration, BMI, SBP, DBP, TG, HDL-C, LDL-C, HOMA-IR, and smoking.