ArticleJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2020
Red Cell Distribution Width Is a Risk Factor for Hip Fracture in Elderly Men Without Anemia.
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- Association of Hemoglobin to Red Blood Cell Distribution Width Ratio and Total Bone Mineral Density in U.S. Adolescents: The NHANES 2011-2018.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Systemic Inflammation in Hip Fracture and Osteoarthritis: Insights into Pathways of Immunoporosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- The link between red blood cell distribution width and 3-month prognosis in acute ischemic stroke patients: a secondary analysis of a cohort study.BMC neurology · 2025Article
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- Association between red blood cell distribution width and mortality in severe osteomyelitis patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Association of hemoglobin-to-red blood cell distribution width ratio and bone mineral density in older adults.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- Prediction of Osteoporotic Hip Fracture Outcome: Comparative Accuracy of 27 Immune-Inflammatory-Metabolic Markers and Related Conceptual Issues.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- A prediction model of elderly hip fracture mortality including preoperative red cell distribution width constructed based on the random survival forest (RSF) and Cox risk ratio regression.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024Article
- Study of the link between hemotopoietic and skeletal systems in patients attending a referral center for osteoporosis.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2023Article
- Red cell distribution width-a potential prognostic indicator for colorectal cancer patients after radical resection in China.Journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2023Article
- In-vitro and in-silico evidence for oxidative stress as drivers for RDW.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The Association Between Red Cell Distribution Width (RDW) and All-Cause Mortality in Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of general medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
Red cell distribution width (RDW), routinely assessed as a component of a complete blood count (CBC), quantifies the variation in the size of red blood cells. It increases with age, and increased RDW predicts many aging-related diseases and mortality. However, whether it also predicts hip fracture is unknown. We prospectively evaluated the association between RDW and hip fracture using data from the Osteoporotic Fracture in Men (MrOS) study. RDW was measured in 3635 men (aged 71 to 99 years) along with bone mineral density (BMD) in MrOS. RDW ranged from 11.3% to 32.9% (median 14.0%; interquartile range 13.5% to 14.8%) and was categorized into four groups (≤13.0%, 13.1% to 14.0%, 14.1% to 15.0%, ≥15.1%). Study participants with a hemoglobin level <13.0 g/dL were classified as having anemia. During an average 8.1 years, 164 men suffered hip fractures. The risks of hip fractures increased with increase of RDW category. Furthermore, there was a significant interaction between anemia and RDW: An association between RDW and hip fractures was only observed in participants without anemia. In those without anemia, the relative hazard of hip fractures increased with increases in RDW category: Men in the highest RDW category had a 2.8 times higher risk of hip fractures than men in the lowest group (95% confidence interval 1.1 to 7.1). The risks of all-clinical fractures were also increased along with higher RDW values. Additionally, RDW was significantly associated with the risk of having a fall but not with femoral neck or total hip BMD. In conclusion, RDW and anemia defined by hemoglobin are widely available routine laboratory measurements that together could indicate increased risk of hip fracture, reflecting the neuromuscular effects of aging rather than lower hip BMD. © 2020 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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