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Association of red cell distribution width with all-cause and cardiovascular-specific mortality in African American and white adults: a prospective cohort study
BACKGROUND: While the mortality rate is declining in the United States, the life expectancy gap among different population groups suggests a need to identify biomarkers to improve early identification of individuals at risk. Red cell distribution width (RDW), a measure of anisocytosis, is an emergin...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29029617 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12967-017-1313-6 |