The relationship between red blood cell distribution width and isolated coronary ectasia

Aim: Isolated coronary artery ectasia (CAE) is an abnormal dilatation of the which cause ischemia. RDW has been investigated in several cardiovascular disorders and also recently proposed as a predictive biomarker adverse outcomes patients with these conditions. We hypothesized that increased would be associated isolated CAE because both are inflammation.
 Material Methods: studied 140 subjects, including 69 CAE, 71 angiographically normal controls. Baseline clinical characteristics laboratory findings, RDW, were compared among two groups.
 Results: The level was significantly higher than controls (14,36±1,61vs 13,59±1.57, p=0.005). In addition, levels glomerular filtration rate creatinin, high density lipoprotein low lower (76,43±19,64 vs 100,36±18,3 0,9±0,28 0,74±0,25, 43,39±10,09 48,4±13,67, 121,36±32,05 143,70±55,33 p=0,001, p=0,01, p=0,004 respectively). ROC curve analysis, value 13,5 identified effective cut off point for discrimination presence or absence (Area Under [AUC]: 0.71, CI 95%, 0.62-0.80, p