Clinical Focus ›› 2024, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (2): 144-148.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2024.02.009

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Predictive value of red cell distribution width in thoracic aorta calcification in patients with different dialysis modalities

Zhang Feng, Jiang Hongying(), Yang Jiao, Li Ruihe, He Ting, Li Meng   

  1. Department of Nephrology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650000, China
  • Received:2023-10-05 Online:2024-02-20 Published:2024-04-18
  • Contact: Jiang Hongying E-mail:1627248965@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To analyze the risk factors of thoracic aortic calcification (TAC) in maintenance dialysis patients, and to explore the predictive value of red cell distribution width (RDW) in TAC of patients with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. Methods Clinical data of 190 patients on long-term maintenance dialysis in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University from January 2022 to June 2022 were collected. According to the finding of TAC on chest X-ray scans, patients were divided into calcification group (n=48) and non-calcification group (n=142). Risk factors of TAC in dialysis patients were analyzed by binary logistic regression analysis. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was applied to analyze the predictive value of RDW in TAC of patients with different dialysis modalities. Results The proportion of TAC was 25.3%. The RDW was significantly higher in the calcification group than that of the non-calcification group (P<0.01). Multivariate Logistic regression analysis showed that RDW (OR=1.541, 95%CI: 1.145, 2.074, P=0.004), age (OR=1.041, 95%CI: 1.008, 1.075, P=0.014), duration of dialysis (OR=1.016, 95%CI: 1.002, 1.031, P=0.025) and serum phosphate (OR=2.172, 95%CI: 1.109, 4.253, P=0.024) were independent risk factors for TAC in dialysis patients. The area under the curve (AUC) of RDW in predicting TAC in hemodialysis patients was larger than that in peritoneal dialysis patients (0.719 vs 0.661). Conclusion RDW is an independent risk factor for TAC in dialysis patients, and it has a better predictive value in hemodialysis patients than that in peritoneal dialysis patients.

Key words: erythrocyte indices, dialysis, aorta, thoracic, predictive value

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