Relationship between Red Blood Cell Indices (MCV, MCH, and MCHC) and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Anemic and Nonanemic Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Table 3
Spearman correlation analysis of MCV, MCH, and MCHC with cardiovascular risk factors.
Variable
Anemic group
Nonanemic group
MCV
MCH
MCHC
MCV
MCH
MCHC
value
value
value
value
value
value
Anthropometric characteristics
Age (year)
0.163
0.162
0.182
0.118
-0.046
0.693
0.067
0.237
-0.079
0.160
-0.182
0.001
BMI (kg/m2)
-0.138
0.320
-0.061
0.659
0.134
0.333
-0.095
0.129
-0.041
0.514
0.046
0.468
Traditional risk factors
SBP (mmHg)
0.037
0.751
0.131
0.261
-0.230
0.048
-0.035
0.537
-0.005
0.934
0.038
0.505
DBP (mmHg)
0.096
0.414
0.158
0.177
0.167
0.152
-0.077
0.171
-0.009
0.869
0.070
0.213
Echocardiographic and biochemical parameters
LVEF (%)
-0.263
0.028
-0.269
0.025
-0.175
0.147
0.072
0.217
0.012
0.832
-0.111
0.057
LDL-C (mg/dL)
-0.178
0.132
-0.220
0.062
-0.013
0.915
-0.006
0.911
-0.050
0.384
-0.082
0.154
CKMB (U/L)
0.156
0.182
0.175
0.133
0.164
0.161
0.071
0.209
0.083
0.142
0.007
0.896
Homocysteine (μmol/L)
-0.022
0.887
-0.115
0.452
-0.015
0.923
0.312
<0.001
0.287
<0.001
-0.013
0.851
hsCRP (mg/dL)
0.227
0.099
0.239
0.082
0.093
0.504
-0.084
0.220
-0.068
0.326
0.074
0.282
NT-proBNP (pg/mL)
0.079
0.508
0.082
0.492
-0.024
0.837
-0.023
0.695
-0.010
0.862
0.038
0.515
BMI: body mass index; CKMB: creatine kinase, MB isoenzyme; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; hsCRP: high sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin; MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; NT-proBNP: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; SBP: systolic blood pressure.