Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) – a new nutritional biomarker to assess nutritional risk and response to nutritional therapy?

Red cell distribution width (RDW) has been proposed as a surrogate marker for acute and chronic diseases and may be influenced by nutritional deficits. We assessed the prognostic value of RDW regarding clinical outcomes and nutritional treatment response among medical inpatients at nutritional risk.

Source: Clinical Nutrition - January 5, 2024 Category: Nutrition Authors: Eliane Haenggi, Nina Kaegi-Braun, Carla Wunderle, Pascal Tribolet, Beat Mueller, Zeno Stanga, Philipp Schuetz Tags: Randomized Control Trials Source Type: research