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Association of standard clinical and laboratory variables with red blood cell distribution width.

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Guimarães, PO; Sun, J-L; Kragholm, K; Shah, SH; Pieper, KS; Kraus, WE; Hauser, ER; Granger, CB; Newby, LK ...
Published in: Am Heart J
April 2016

BACKGROUND: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) strongly predicts clinical outcomes among patients with coronary disease and heart failure. The factors underpinning this association are unknown. METHODS: In 6,447 individuals enrolled in the Measurement to Understand the Reclassification of Disease of Cabarrus/Kannapolis (MURDOCK) Study who had undergone coronary angiography between 2001 and 2007, we used Cox proportional hazards modeling to examine the adjusted association between RDW and death, and death or myocardial infarction (MI). Multiple linear regression using the R(2) model selection method was then used to identify clinical factors associated with variation in RDW. RESULTS: Median follow-up was 4.2 (interquartile range 2.3-5.9) years, and the median RDW was 13.5% (interquartile range 12.9%-14.3%, clinical laboratory reference range 11.5%-14.5%). Red blood cell distribution width was independently associated with death (adjusted hazard ratio 1.13 per 1% increase in RDW, 95% CI 1.09-1.17), and death or MI (adjusted hazard ratio 1.12, 95% CI 1.08-1.16). Twenty-seven clinical characteristics and laboratory measures were assessed in the multivariable linear regression model; a final model containing 18 variables explained only 21% of the variation in RDW. CONCLUSIONS: Although strongly associated with death and death or MI, only one-fifth of the variation in RDW was explained by routinely assessed clinical characteristics and laboratory measures. Understanding the latent factors that explain variation in RDW may provide insight into its strong association with risk and identify novel targets to mitigate that risk.

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Am Heart J

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1097-6744

Publication Date

April 2016

Volume

174

Start / End Page

22 / 28

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Risk Factors
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prognosis
  • North Carolina
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Guimarães, P. O., Sun, J.-L., Kragholm, K., Shah, S. H., Pieper, K. S., Kraus, W. E., … MURDOCK Horizon 1 Cardiovascular Study Investigators, . (2016). Association of standard clinical and laboratory variables with red blood cell distribution width. Am Heart J, 174, 22–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2016.01.001
Guimarães, Patrícia O., Jie-Lena Sun, Kristian Kragholm, Svati H. Shah, Karen S. Pieper, William E. Kraus, Elizabeth R. Hauser, Christopher B. Granger, L Kristin Newby, and L Kristin MURDOCK Horizon 1 Cardiovascular Study Investigators. “Association of standard clinical and laboratory variables with red blood cell distribution width.Am Heart J 174 (April 2016): 22–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2016.01.001.
Guimarães PO, Sun J-L, Kragholm K, Shah SH, Pieper KS, Kraus WE, et al. Association of standard clinical and laboratory variables with red blood cell distribution width. Am Heart J. 2016 Apr;174:22–8.
Guimarães, Patrícia O., et al. “Association of standard clinical and laboratory variables with red blood cell distribution width.Am Heart J, vol. 174, Apr. 2016, pp. 22–28. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2016.01.001.
Guimarães PO, Sun J-L, Kragholm K, Shah SH, Pieper KS, Kraus WE, Hauser ER, Granger CB, Newby LK, MURDOCK Horizon 1 Cardiovascular Study Investigators. Association of standard clinical and laboratory variables with red blood cell distribution width. Am Heart J. 2016 Apr;174:22–28.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am Heart J

DOI

EISSN

1097-6744

Publication Date

April 2016

Volume

174

Start / End Page

22 / 28

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Time Factors
  • Survival Rate
  • Risk Factors
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Prognosis
  • North Carolina
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans