ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2022
Association between red blood cell distribution width to albumin ratio and prognosis of patients with sepsis: A retrospective cohort study.
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- Red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio as a novel predictor for mortality in breast cancer patients admitted to ICU: a retrospective analysis using MIMIC-IV 3.1.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2026Article
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- Association between lactate dehydrogenase to serum albumin ratio and all-cause mortality among critically ill pediatrics: a retrospective cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Association Between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width-to-Albumin Ratio and Stroke Among Adults in the United States.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2026Article
- Aortic Elastic Properties and Albumin-Based Inflammatory Indices in Dyspneic Third-Trimester Pregnant Women: A Prospective Observational Study.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Red blood cell distribution width/albumin ratio (RAR): A novel predictor of retinal vein occlusion in the Turkish population (STROBE).Medicine · 2026Article
- The prognostic value of red cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio (RAR) in COVID-19 pneumonia: implications for early diagnosis.Virology journal · 2026Article
- Prognostic value and nonlinear association of the rdw/albumin ratio with mortality among COVID-19 patients: a MIMIC-IV database analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- The red cell distribution width to albumin ratio as a novel predictor of 180-day mortality in lung cancer patients.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Blood Urea Nitrogen to Albumin Ratio is Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026Article
- The association between the sodium-potassium ratio and ICU mortality in cardiac arrest patients: an analysis of the eICU database.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Background: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) to albumin ratio (RAR) is associated with poor prognosis in diabetic comorbidities and cancer. However, the association between RAR and prognosis in patients with sepsis remains unclear, which was investigated in this study. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study based on the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC) IV version 2.0 database. The primary outcome of this study was 28-day mortality. Secondary outcomes included 90-day mortality, in-hospital mortality, length of hospital stay, and length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay. Multivariate regression analysis and subgroup analysis were performed to investigate the association between RAR and prognosis in patients with sepsis. Results: A total of 14,639 participants were included in this study. The mean age of the participants was 65.2 ± 16.3 years and the mean RAR was 5.5 ± 1.9 % /g/dl. For 28-day mortality, after adjusting for covariates, HRs [95% confidence intervals (CIs)] for tertiles 2 (4.4-5.8) and 3 (RAR > 5.8) were 1.33 (1.20, 1.46) and 1.98 (1.79, 2.19), respectively. Similar results were observed for 90-day mortality and in-hospital mortality. According to Kaplan-Meier curve analysis, the higher RAR group had higher 28-day mortality and 90-day mortality. Conclusion: Our study shows that RAR is significantly associated with poor clinical prognosis in sepsis. The higher the RAR, the higher the 28-day, 90-day, and in-hospital mortality.
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