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Association between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio at admission and all-cause mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis based on the MIMIC-III database.
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- A retrospective cohort study on the association between RAR and mortality in peritoneal Dialysis patients.BMC nephrology · 2026Article
- Red Cell Distribution Width-to-Albumin Ratio as an Early Predictor of Intensive Care Requirement and Mortality in Acute Pancreatitis.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Association between novel inflammatory markers and severity of acute cholangitis: a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Association between hemoglobin/red blood cell distribution width ratio and acute kidney injury in sepsis and heart failure patients.PloS one · 2026Article
- Sex differences in the association between red cell distribution width and 30-day mortality in critically ill patients with acute cholangitis: a retrospective cohort study.BMC gastroenterology · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe association between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin (RDW/ALB) ratio (RAR) and all-cause mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis has not been fully delineated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of RAR at admission on 28-day all-cause mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis.
designThis investigation was conducted as a retrospective analysis utilizing data from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC)-III database.
participantsPatients with acute pancreatitis were selected from the MIMIC-III database according to predefined eligibility criteria. OUTCOME: The outcome was the all-cause mortality rates within 28 days.
resultsUpon screening and excluding ineligible participants, a total of 931 patients with acute pancreatitis who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. The overall mortality at 28 days was 11.71%. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis indicated that RAR had a moderate predictive value for all-cause mortality at 28 days, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.669 (95%CI, 0.617-0.720; p<0.05), and the cutoff value was 4.39. Divide the patients into a high RAR group and a low RAR group based on the cutoff value. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis demonstrated a statistically significant increase in 28-day mortality among patients in the high RAR group compared to those in the low RAR group. Multivariate analysis indicated that potassium levels, total bilirubin, blood urea nitrogen, lactate, partial thromboplastin time, neutrophil and RAR were independently associated with the 28-day mortality. Multivariate Cox regression analysis confirmed that an elevated RAR was independently associated with increased mortality at 28 day (HR, 2.72; 95% CI, 1.64-4.52; p < 0.001).
conclusionsThis study demonstrated that RAR at admission functioned as a significant prognostic indicator for mortality in patients with acute pancreatitis.
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