Red blood cell distribution width to albumin ratio as a novel predictor for mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: Results from the cohort study of NHANES, 1999–2018
RAR had an independent association with all-cause mortality, especially CLRD mortality, in COPD patients. RAR has potential as a novel and promising predictor to identify COPD individuals with high mortality risk.
Authors
- Beizheng Xu
- Xiaoyun Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0873-7229)
- Guoxin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6406-8117)
Institutions
- Tianjin University (CN)
- Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University (CN)
- Tianjin Chest Hospital (CN)
- Tianjin Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0319869
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.09
Funders
- National Key Clinical Specialty Discipline Construction Program of China