Open AccessSex and Race-Ethnicity Secular Trends in Mean and Elevated Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Among Adults in the United States, 1999-2012
Author(s) -
Paul D. Loprinzi,
Jeremy P. Loenneke,
Haitham M. Ahmed,
Michael J. Blaha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ethnicity and disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1945-0826
pISSN - 1049-510X
DOI - 10.18865/ed.26.1.45
Subject(s) - red blood cell distribution width , medicine , demography , national health and nutrition examination survey , ethnic group , gerontology , environmental health , population , sociology , anthropology
Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been shown to associate with increased risk of cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular death. To our knowledge, no study has examined secular trends in RDW over the last decade.
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