Red cell distribution width: a novel predictive biomarker for stroke risk after transient ischaemic attack

CONCLUSIONS: The early determination of RDW is a promising, rapid, easy and inexpensive biomarker to predict the subsequent stroke in TIA patients, especially for IS. KEY MESSAGESThe most important result of our study is to show that (1) the higher RDW, the earlier the stroke onset and (2) RDW ≥13.95% has a 2.52-fold risk of ischaemic stroke in TIA patients, and RDW ≥12.85% has a 1.51-fold risk of haemorrhagic stroke.As an economic and accessible hematological marker, baseline RDW may serve as a useful biomarker for risk stratification in TIA patients.PMID:35471128 | PMC:PMC9045760 | DOI:10.1080/07853890.2022.2059558

Source: Annals of Medicine - April 26, 2022 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ke-Hang Xie Ling-Ling Liu Yun-Ru Liang Chu-Yin Su Hua Li Run-Ni Liu Qing-Qing Chen Jia-Sheng He Yong-Kun Ruan Wang-Kai He Source Type: research