Volume : V, Issue : IV, April - 2016

Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Diabetic Vascular Complications

Ilir Alimehmeti, Agron Ylli

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<p> Diabetes has become a major cause of mortality and morbidity, primarily due to various and different diabetic vascular complications (DVC). For predicting and assessing risk of such complications occurrence, research for a common biomarker to all above-mentioned DVC is warranted. Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has already been associated to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, associations with DVC are heterogeneous and controversial, thus requiring a systematic review to be performed. We reviewed systematically four databases: Embase, Pubmed, EBSCO and DOAJ. Seven studies were included in our final review, out of 158 articles identified. RDW was associated with DVC and biomarkers associated with higher DVC incidence. Nonetheless, research was limited and sometimes controversial; therefore a definitive conclusion on the association between RDW and DVC is far from being drawn. However, RDW may be considered a promising biomarker for DVC, but further investigations are needed.</p>

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Ilir Alimehmeti, Agron Ylli Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Diabetic Vascular Complications Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol.5, Issue : 4 APRIL 2016

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