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Predictive Values of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width in Assessing Severity of Chronic Heart Failure.
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- Predictive Value of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width for the Prognosis of Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) prognostic effects on heart failure; a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Pooled it
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- Hematological markers as prognostic indicators in multiple sclerosis progression.Biomarkers in medicine · 2025Article
- Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as an independent factor of 1-year mortality in patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.Cardiology journal · 2025Article
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- Red Cell Distribution Width and Patient Outcome in Cardiovascular Disease: A ''Real-World'' Analysis.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2021Article
- Validation of red cell distribution width as a COVID-19 severity screening tool.Future science OA · 2021Article
- Initial red cell distribution width as a predictor of poor neurological outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors in a prospective, multicenter observational study (the KoCARC study).Scientific reports · 2020Observational
- Red Cell Distribution Width as a Novel Prognostic Marker in Multiple Clinical Studies.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2020Review
- Association Between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Prognosis of Renal Transplant Recipients with Early-Onset Pneumonia.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND This retrospective study was performed to evaluate the value of baseline red blood cell distribution width (RDW) for predicting the severity of chronic heart failure (CHF) compared with N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-ProBNP) and other hematological and biochemical parameters. MATERIAL AND METHODS Hematological and biochemical parameters were obtained from 179 patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) CHF class I (n=44), II (n=39), III (n=41), and IV (n=55). Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves were used for assessing predictive values. RESULTS RDW increased significantly in class III and IV compared with class I (14.3±2.3% and 14.3±1.7% vs. 12.9±0.8%, P<0.01). Areas under ROCs (AUCs) of RDW and NT-ProBNP for class IV HF were 0.817 and 0.840, respectively. RDW was markedly elevated in the mortality group compared with the survival group (13.7±1.7 vs. 15.8±1.8, P<0.01). The predictive value of RDW was lower than that of NT-ProBNP but was comparable to white blood cell (WBC), neutrophil (NEU), lymphocyte (L), and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (N/L) for mortality during hospitalization, with AUCs of 0.837, 0.939, 0.858, 0.891, 0.885, and 0.885, respectively. RDW and NT-proBNP showed low predictive values for repeated admission (≥3). RDW was an independent risk factor for mortality (OR=2.531, 95% CI: 1.371-4.671). CONCLUSIONS RDW increased significantly in class III and IV patients and in the mortality group. The predictive value of RDW is comparable to NT-proBNP for class IV and lower than that of NT-proBNP for mortality. Elevated RDW is an independent risk factor for mortality.
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