RT Journal
A1 Goldstein MR, Mascitelli L, Pezzetta F
T1 IS red blood cell distribution width a marker of overall membrane integrity?
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2009
FD September 12
VO 169
IS 16
SP 1539
OP 1540
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.275
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2009.275
AB 
Cholesterol, a major and essential structural component of all cell membranes, modulates the functions of membrane proteins and participates in membrane trafficking and signaling processes.2 As a result, alterations in membrane cholesterol content might adversely affect the functions of many organ systems. Interestingly, the quintile of subjects exhibiting the highest baseline RDW and subsequent highest mortality had the lowest baseline prevalence of hypercholesterolemia.1