Clinical utility of red blood cell distribution width in inflammatory and non‐inflammatory joint diseases

Current studies demonstrate red blood cell distribution width (RDW) as a possible surrogate biomarker of inflammation. The objectives of the present study were to examine RDW in patients with osteoarthritis (OA), fibromyalgia (FM), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA) and to evaluate its clinical importance.Six hundred and ninety-nine ambulatory patients were evaluated. RDW, hemoglobin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and...