Observational studyMedicine2017
Association between red blood cell distribution width and Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis.
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- Biomarkers of kidney involvement in paediatric IgA vasculitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Pooled it
- Associations between lipid metabolism and Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Clinical, laboratory, and pathological correlates of crescent formation in biopsy-proven pediatric IgA vasculitis nephritis.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Article
- Diagnostic value of hematological inflammatory indices for renal involvement in adult IgA vasculitis: A cross-sectional study.Medicine · 2026Article
- Role of red cell distribution width, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and interleukin-6 in immunoglobulin a vasculitis nephritis among Tibetan children in high-altitude areas.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Risk factors associated with renal injury in patients initially diagnosed with IgA vasculitis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Clinical review of adult Henoch-Schönlein purpura and analysis of predictors related to gastrointestinal involvement.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Clinical Signs of Kawasaki Disease from the Perspective of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Recruiting Erythrocytes: A Literature Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
- Using red blood cell distribution width to predict death after abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Prediction of renal damage in children with IgA vasculitis based on machine learning.Medicine · 2022Article
- A simple nomogram for assessing the risk of IgA vasculitis nephritis in IgA vasculitis Asian pediatric patients.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Risk assessment and prediction model of renal damage in childhood immunoglobulin A vasculitis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Imbalanced Th17/Treg in peripheral blood of adult patients with immunoglobulin A vasculitis nephritis.Central-European journal of immunology · 2021Article
- Effects of dexamethasone and gamma globulin combined with prednisone on the therapeutic effect and immune function of Henoch-Schonlein purpura nephritis in children.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2021Article
- Relation between Red Cell Distribution Width and Mortality in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.BioMed research international · 2019Article
- Vasculitis Pathogenesis: Can We Talk About Precision Medicine?Frontiers in immunology · 2018Review
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Abstract
To investigate whether red blood cell distribution width (RDW) is a marker of the risk of Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) nephritis (HSPN), a total of 669 HSP patients and 168 healthy controls were included in this retrospective study. Two hundred fifty-six (38.3%) of the patients had kidney involvement. Compared with the HSP group, RDW was significantly higher in the HSPN group (P < .001). Binary logistic regression identified that HSPN was independently associated with age, RDW, platelet, and total cholesterol (odds ratio = 1.409, 1.353, 0.996, and 2.019, respectively). In addition, RDW values of HSPN patients with crescents on histopathology (classes III, IV, and V) were higher compared with those of HSPN without crescents (classes I and II) (P = .019). The receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the RDW at a cut-off point of 13.25 has 61% sensitivity and 79% specificity in predicting the presence of crescents on histopathology. It was first shown that RDW levels in HSPN are significantly higher than those in HSP without nephritis and healthy controls. RDW can be an independent predictor of HSPN and its levels greater than 13.25 were useful in the predicting the presence of crescents on histopathology.
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