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Table 3 Meta-regression for functional outcome with RDW as a categorical variable

From: Red blood cell distribution width as a predictor of mortality and poor functional outcome after acute ischemic stroke: a meta-analysis and meta-regression

Moderator

Effect Size

Standard Error

Lower CI

Upper CI

Z Score

P Value

Sample size

-0.0015

0.0006

-0.0026

-0.0003

-2.5492

0.0108

Male gender

-0.0028

0.0016

-0.0058

0.0003

-1.7686

0.0770

Age

0.0204

0.1372

-0.2485

0.2893

0.1487

0.8818

HTN

-0.0277

0.0574

-0.1402

0.0847

-0.4837

0.6286

DM

-0.0147

0.0818

-0.1750

0.1456

-0.1795

0.8576

HL

-0.0127

0.0510

-0.1126

0.0872

-0.2490

0.8033

Cut off of RDW

-0.9707

0.6408

-2.2267

0.2853

-1.5147

0.1298

  1. CI, confidence interval; HTN, hypertension; DM, diabetes mellitus; HL, hyperlipidemia; RDW, red cell distribution width
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