Red Cell Distribution Width as a Prognostic Indicator in Pediatric Heart Disease and after Surgery
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the patients and comparative data related to whole blood cell counts estimated for the cardiac case and the control groups.
Patient group
Control group
Mean ± SD/—%
Median (Min−Max)
Mean ± SD/—%
Median (Min–Max)
Age
5.0 ± 4.1
4
0–18
5.1 ± 3.1
5
1–12
0.881 t
Gender
Female
54—50.5%
30—42.9%
0.322
Male
53—49.5%
40—57.1%
Duration of ICU stay (days)
3.3 ± 2.7
3
1–25
Duration of hospital stay (days)
7.3 ± 2.9
7
4–26
WBC (/L)
9.7 ± 3.6
9
5–24
8.4 ± 2.4
8
4–17
0.005t
RBC(/L)
5.1 ± 3.7
5
3–42
4.8 ± 0.4
5
4–6
0.219 m
HGB (g/dL)
15.4 ± 24.9
13
7–270
14.0 ± 11.9
12
10–112
0.208 t
PLT (/L)
265.4 ± 91.5
252
5–529
313.1 ± 79.3
296
168–607
0.000 m
RDW (%)
15.1 ± 3.5
14
9–36
12.6 ± 1.4
13
8–16
0.000 m
MCV (fL)
81.2 ± 6.3
81
53–91
74.7 ± 7.6
75
25–86
0.000 m
SD: Standard deviation; Min: minimum; Max: maximum; : Independent -test; : chi-square test; m: Mann-Whitney test; ICU: intensive care unit; WBC: white blood cell; RBC: red blood cell; HGB: hemoglobin; PLT: Platelet; RDW: red cell distribution width; MCV: mean corpuscular volume.
