Table 4 Haematological parameters, together with age and sex, as predictors of colorectal/gastrointestinal cancer in patients with IWL – logistic regression
Variable | Odds ratio | 95% CI | Pvalue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Colorectal | sex (male) | 1.18 | 0.26, 5.36 | 0.824 |
cancer | age (years) | 1.08 | 0.99, 1.17 | 0.053 |
(14 patients) | hemoglobin (g/dl) | 0.84 | 0.53, 1.34 | 0.473 |
MCV (femtoliters) | 0.87 | 0.76, 0.99 | 0.049 | |
serum iron (mcg/dl) | 0.99 | 0.96, 1.02 | 0.601 | |
RDW (%) | 0.70 | 0.43, 1.13 | 0.148 | |
ferritin < 100 mcg/L | 11.57 | 1.34, 99.21 | 0.026 | |
Gastrointestinal | sex (male) | 1.54 | 0.51, 4.68 | 0.443 |
cancer | age (years) | 1.05 | 0.99, 1.10 | 0.060 |
(22 patients) | hemoglobin (g/dl) | 0.86 | 0.64, 1.51 | 0.310 |
MCV (femtoliters) | 0.97 | 0.89, 0.05 | 0.441 | |
serum iron (mcg/dl) | 0.99 | 0.97, 1.01 | 0.392 | |
RDW (%) | 0.98 | 0.74, 1.31 | 0.906 | |
ferritin < 100 mcg/L | 6.96 | 1.84, 26.27 | 0.004 |