Is increased red cell distribution width an indicating marker of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and fibrotic stage?

Table 3 Univariate analyses for predicting liver fibrosis

	OR	95%CI	P-value
Age	1.05	1.004-1.109	< 0.05
Gender	1.46	0.516-4.171	NS
Platelet	0.98	0.988-0.996	< 0.01
ALT	1.08	0.976-1.004	NS
AST	0.98	0.963-1.007	NS
ALP	1.015	1.002-1.028	< 0.05
GGT	1.002	0.998-1.007	NS
RDW	1.73	1.242-2.409	< 0.01
Albumin	0.418	0.158-1.105	NS
BMI	1.012	0.847-1.209	NS

ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; GGT: γ glutamyl aminotransferase; RDW: Red cell distribution width; BMI: Body mass index; NS: Not significant.