Table 5

- Area under the curve (AUC) for diagnostic differentiation between RDW,NLR,PLR in relation to length of hospital stay.

VariablesAreaStd. ErroraAsymptotic Sig.bAsymptotic 95% Confidence Interval
Lower boundUpper bound
RDW0.5550.0350.0870.4870.623
NLR0.5530.0320.0990.4900.616
PLR0.6640.0300.0000.6060.723

RDW: red cell distribution width, NLR: neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio, PLR: platelets to lymphocyte ratio, Std: standard deviation,

  • a Under the nonparametric assumption,

  • b Null hypothesis: true area=0.5