Research Article

Clinical Usefulness and Prognostic Value of Red Cell Distribution Width in Colorectal Cancer

Table 1

The values of RDW, CEA, and CA19-9 alone and combined biomarkers for distinguishing CRC patients from healthy participants.

VariablesAUCCut-offSensitivitySpecificity95% confidence interval
Upper limitLower limit

RDW0.64313.9541%94%0.6100.673
CEA0.7425.0041%100%0.7150.771
CA19-90.62937.0017%100%0.5960.662
RDW+CEA0.78964%88%0.7630.815
RDW+CA19-90.71551%88%0.6850.744
CEA+CA19-90.75850%97%0.7310.785
RDW+CEA+CA19-90.79956%99%0.7740.823