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

Figure 1 Mild perivenular-perisinusoidal fibrosis (A) and advanced perivenular-perisinusoidal, and periportal fibrosis (B) in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. A, B: Trichrome stain, x 400.

Figure 2 Red cell distribution width values of healthy controls, simple steatosis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis groups (A), and fibrotic subgroups of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (B). RDW: Red cell distribution width.

Figure 3 Receiver operating characteristics curve of red cell distribution width values for the identification of patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (A), and the identification of fibrosis in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (B).

Figure 4 Correlation between red cell distribution width values and fibrotic scores of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. RDW: Red cell distribution width. Score 0, n = 8; Score 1, n = 32; Score 2, n = 10; Score 3, n = 8; Score 4, n = 4