Relationship between high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and the red cell distribution width in patients with coronary artery disease

Abstract Background The red cell distribution width (RDW) is a numerical measurement of variability in the size of red blood cells. Many studies have shown that high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), has an anti-inflammatory effect. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship be...

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Main Authors: Eyup Avci, Tuncay Kiris, Abdullah Orhan Demirtas, Hasan Kadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-018-0709-5