Relationship between red blood cell distribution width and kidney function tests in a large cohort of unselected outpatients

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 745-748

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a,b   Targher, Giovanni ^a   Montagnana, Martina ^a   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Zoppini, Giacomo ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

GFR; Glomerular filtration rate; RDW; Red blood cell distribution width; Renal function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIET; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 57349151070     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510802213550     Document Type: Article

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