Annals of medicine

The most recent articles from: Ann. Med. February 2011

Annals of medicine · Feb 2011

Red cell distribution width as a novel predictor of mortality in ICU patients.

BACJGROUND: the red cell distribution width (RDW) in ICU patients has never been investigated. ⋯ we found a graded independent relation between higher RDW and adverse outcomes in ICU patients. RDW has the potentially clinical utility to predict outcome in ICU patients.

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Annals of medicine · Feb 2011

Comparative Study

Genetic variants in BCMO1 and CD36 are associated with plasma lutein concentrations and macular pigment optical density in humans.

Lutein is recovered at high concentration in the human macula lutea. Recent studies suggest that this micronutrient might be implicated in prevention of age-related macular degeneration. ⋯ these results suggest that BCMO1 and CD36 are implicated in plasma and retina concentrations of lutein and that genetic variants in these genes can modulate blood and retina concentrations of lutein.

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