Journal
ONCOTARGET
Volume 8, Issue 25, Pages 40724-40731Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.16560
Keywords
diffuse large B cell lymphoma; red blood cell distribution width; prognosis; survival
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81502793]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation [LY16H080006]
- Public Welfare Science and Technology Project of Wenzhou [Y20150034]
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This study examined the prognostic value of the baseline red blood cell distribution width (RDW) in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) patients. The associations between RDW and clinical characteristics were assessed in 161 DLBCL patients from 2005 to 2016. The log-rank test, univariate analysis, and Cox regression analysis were used to evaluate the relationship between RDW and survival. A RDW of 14.1% was considered to be the optimal cut-off value for predicting prognosis. A high RDW was associated with more frequent B symptoms (P=0.001), a higher International Prognostic Index score (P=0.032), more extranodal sites of disease (P=0.035), and significantly lower Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (P=0.031). The log-rank test demonstrated that patients with a high RDW had a shorter overall survival (OS) (2-year OS rate, 53.6% vs. 83.6%, P<0.001) and progression-free survival (PFS) (2-year PFS rate, 44.7% vs. 81.8%, P<0.001). The multivariate analysis demonstrated that RDW >= 14.1% was an independent predictor of OS (odds ratio [ OR] = 0.345, P<0.001) and PFS (OR = 0.393, P=0.001). We demonstrated that a high RDW predicted an unfavorable prognosis in patients with DLBCL.
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