Skip to main content

Table 2 Meta-regression for mortality 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

-0.0004

0.0002

-0.0008

0.0001

-1.6472

0.0995

Male gender

0.0009

0.0021

-0.0032

0.0050

0.4278

0.6688

Age

0.1746

0.0599

0.0572

0.2921

2.9138

0.0036

HTN

0.1105

0.0403

0.0315

0.1896

2.7396

0.0062

DM

0.1168

0.1115

-0.1017

0.3353

1.0479

0.2947

HL

0.0283

0.0195

-0.0099

0.0666

1.4514

0.1467

Cut off of RDW

-0.3320

0.6603

-1.6260

0.9621

-0.5028

0.6151

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

BMC Neurology

ISSN: 1471-2377

Contact us