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

Table 2 Red cell distribution width correlated with clinical characteristics and histological features of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

Factor	r-value	P-value
Age (yr)	0.245	< 0.01
BMI (kg/m2)	0.131	NS
Gender	-0.251	< 0.01
Fibrosis	0.579	< 0.01
Inflammation	0.207	NS
Steatosis	0.121	NS
Ballooning	0.175	NS
NASH	0.217	NS

BMI: Body mass index; RDW: Red cell distribution width; NASH: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; NS: Not significant.