@article {4452,
	title = {Red blood cell distribution width and the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality. A population-based study.},
	journal = {Thromb Haemost},
	volume = {111},
	number = {2},
	year = {2014},
	month = {2014 Feb},
	pages = {300-7},
	abstract = {Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been shown to predict cardiovascular mortality in various populations, but studies were less conclusive regarding cardiovascular morbidity. We aimed at evaluating the prognostic effect of RDW on cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality in the largest community cohort to date.We utilised the computerised database of a large community based healthcare maintenance organization (HMO) in Israel to identify a cohort of 225,006 eligible patients aged 40 or above who performed a blood count during 2006. We evaluated the relationship between 1\% increments of RDW values and major cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality over a period of five years. A total of 21,939 incident cases of a major cardiovascular event and 4,287 deaths were documented during a total of six years of follow up, respectively. In comparison with patients with RDW level ,
	keywords = {Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anemia, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cause of Death, Erythrocyte Indices, Female, Humans, Incidence, Israel, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Population Surveillance, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Time Factors},
	issn = {0340-6245},
	doi = {10.1160/TH13-07-0567},
	author = {Arbel, Yaron and Weitzman, Dahlia and Raz, Raanan and Steinvil, Arie and Zeltser, David and Berliner, Shlomo and Chodick, Gabriel and Shalev, Varda}
}
