Using genetics to detangle the relationships between red cell distribution width and cardiovascular diseases: a unique role for body mass index.

Timothy E ThayerShi HuangEric H Farber-EgerJoshua A BeckmanEvan L BrittainJonathan D MosleyQuinn S Wells

Published in: Open heart (2021)

RDW is unlikely to be aetiologically upstream or downstream of CVDs or CVD risk factors except for BMI. Genetic and clinical association analyses support an aetiological relationship between BMI and RDW.

Keyphrases

body mass index
risk factors
weight gain
cardiovascular disease
single cell
cell therapy
physical activity
genome wide
stem cells
dna methylation
cardiovascular events