Elevated red blood cell distribution width in healthy smokers

• Main Authors: Ertuğrul Kurtoğlu (Author), Erdal Aktürk (Author), Hasan Korkmaz (Author), İsa Sincer (Author), Mücahid Yılmaz (Author), Kenan Erdem (Author), Ahmet Çelik (Author), Ramazan Özdemir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported to be a marker of morbidity and mortality for some cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. We aimed to evaluate RDW values in otherwise healthy smokers. Study design: Two hundred and twenty consecutive subjects with current smoking...