Nonlinear relationship of red blood cell indices (MCH, MCHC, and MCV) with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: A cohort study in U.S. adults

• Dan Li ,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DL and AW are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation The First Clinical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji Nan, People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1898-0620

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• Aiting Wang ,

  Roles Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DL and AW are joint first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Dongying People’s Hospital, Dongying, People’s Republic of China

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• Yeting Li,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Dongying People’s Hospital, Dongying, People’s Republic of China

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• Zhishen Ruan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation The First Clinical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji Nan, People’s Republic of China

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• Hengyi Zhao,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Software

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

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• Jing Li,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

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• Qing Zhang,

  Roles Data curation, Software, Visualization

  Affiliation Dongying People’s Hospital, Dongying, People’s Republic of China

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• Bo Wu

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  * E-mail: wubojinan@163.com

  Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9628-8579

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