Open AccessRed cell distribution width is an independent predictor of mortality in hip fracture
Author(s) -
U. Garbharran,
Suchitra Chinthapalli,
I. P. HOPPER,
Marc George,
Diane Back,
Frances Dockery
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs176
Subject(s) - red blood cell distribution width , medicine , hip fracture , quartile , hazard ratio , mean corpuscular volume , proportional hazards model , osteoporosis , cardiology , confidence interval , hematocrit
he red cell distribution width (RDW), an automated measure of variability in the red blood cell size on full blood count (FBC) is an independent predictor of mortality in several disease states and in healthy older people.
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