Methods: 112 patients and 42 controls were included in this study. Group 1 consisted of males only, Group 2 consisted of females only and Group 3 consisted of both sexes. In all groups, WBC (white blood cell count), RBC (red blood cell count), rdw (red cell distribution width), platelet count, MPV, pdw (platelet distribution width) and NLR parameters from CBC (complete blood count) were compare...

Recent studies suggest that leukocytes and erythrocytes play a role in coagulation. However, whether leukocytes, erythrocytes and other hematologic variables are associated with risk of venous thrombosis is not well known. To study this, we used data from 2473 patients with venous thrombosis and 2935 controls. The variables assessed were: total leukocytes, granulocytes, lymphocytes, monocytes, ...

xxx (14.5%). These differences may be explained by the different types of equipment on the market today where the cell measurement methods may be different. Regarding erythrogram and leukogram parameters, the values found for both women and men did not show significant differences compared to values reported in the literature.(1,2,8) Reference values, stratified by gender, are described in Tabl...

In the recent issue of the Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, Wang et al. assessed the relationship between the red cell distribution width (RDW) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, assessing all parameters affecting the RDW, determining the optimum RDW cut-off value for predicting the prognosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), excluding metabolic comorbidities affecting th...

OBJECTIVE To study the indices of some elements of the complete blood count, in type 2 diabetic patients, in comparison with nondiabetic healthy controls; and to find out the effects of glycemic control and different medications on these indices. To the best of our knowledge, this study is novel in our environment and will serve as a foundation for other researchers in this field. METHODS Thi...

Celiac disease (CD) is currently considerably underdiagnosed, setting the need for developing tools to select patients with probability of CD, who warrant further testing. Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been shown in previous studies to be a sensitive predictor for CD, but it lacks specificity. Splenic hypotrophy is also noted frequently in celiac patients. Our aim was to evaluate ...

Red blood cells originate in the bone marrow. Red cell distribution width (RDW) show sizes of circulating erythrocytes (RBC) and has been explored in several large clinical databases to be a robust marker of adverse clinical outcomes in patients. The prognostic value of RDW is seen in other conditions with end-organ dysfunction such as renal failure or. Elevated RDW levels are of significance i...

OBJECTIVES The red cell distribution width (RDW) has been identified as an independent risk factor with regard to prognosis in patients with coronary artery disease with or without heart failure. We sought to investigate the role of RDW in patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). METHODS Analysis of consecutive patients on a validated prospective cardiac surge...

Red blood cells originate in the bone marrow. Red cell distribution width (RDW) show sizes of circulating erythrocytes (RBC) and has been explored in several large clinical databases to be a robust marker of adverse clinical outcomes in patients. The prognostic value of RDW is seen in other conditions with end-organ dysfunction such as renal failure or. Elevated RDW levels are of significance i...

We have read the article entitled, " Association between Red Blood Cell Distribution Width (RDW) and Coronary Artery Calcification in Patients Undergoing 64-Multidetector Computed Tomography " by Gürel et al. 1) They aimed to determine whether the RDW measures are associated with the coronary artery calcification score (CACS) in patients who did not present with obvious coronary artery disease ...