Impact of chronic inflammation, assessed by hs-CRP, on the association between red cell distribution width and arterial cardiovascular disease: the Tromso Study

• Published in: TH Open
• Main Authors: Lappegard, Jostein, Ellingsen, Trygve S., Hindberg, Kristian, Mathiesen, Ellisiv Bøgeberg, Njolstad, Inger, Wilsgaard, Tom, Loechen, Maja-Lisa, Braekkan, Sigrid Kufaas, Hansen, John-Bjarne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Georg Thieme Verlag 2018
• Subjects: epidemiology; myocardial infarction; stroke; blood cells; risk factors; Tromso; Tromsø
• Online Access: https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/7d0e08a6bf74771a1dd5d74528eb9c7c25c54d8eeebb722a3acfbeed4b9793e0/190465/OA_Lappegard_2018_Impact_of_Chronic_Inflammation_assessed_by.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1651523

Red cell distribution width (RDW), a measure of variability in size of circulating erythrocytes, is associated with arterial cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the underlying mechanism remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the impact of chronic inflammation as measured by high-sensitivity C-reacti...