When CRP levels were added to the model, they also were significant independent predictors of hepcidin levels along with ferritin, while the MDS subtypes with high CRP levels (RAEB and CMML) were no longer significant predictors, and the RARS subtype remained significantly associated with hepcidin (Table 3, model 2). This evidence concerns the gene CRP and myelodysplastic syndrome with excess blasts.