Association Between Red Cell Distribution Width and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Alpana Meena, Gunjalika Kag, Yashoverdhan Kag, Vikas Sahu · 2026
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Alpana Meena, Gunjalika Kag, Yashoverdhan Kag, and Vikas Sahu test whether a routine blood index predicts death in hospitalized kidney patients in India. Red cell distribution width, a measure of variation in red cell size reported on every complete blood count, independently predicts mortality in cardiovascular and kidney populations globally. Data from Indian non-dialysis kidney patients, where sepsis and late presentation are common, were scarce.
The retrospective single-center cohort included one hundred seventy-six adults with chronic kidney disease admitted over three years, excluding acute-on-chronic injury and very short stays. One in four patients died in hospital. Non-survivors had significantly higher median distribution width than survivors. Adjusted for sepsis, heart failure, coronary disease, and albumin, each percentage point of width raised the odds of death by about thirty percent. Discrimination was moderate for the index alone and improved in fuller models.
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| CREATOR | Alpana Meena, Gunjalika Kag, Yashoverdhan Kag, Vikas Sahu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |