Title

Correlation between red blood cell distribution width-to-albumin ratio and diabetic retinopathy

Authors

Prathibha Elavala¹, M.C Chaitra^*1, K. Prabhavathi² & T.N Suresh³

Affiliation

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India; ²Department of Biochemistry, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India; ³Department of Pathology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Prathibha Elavala - E-mail: epr1297@gmail.com
M.C Chaitra - E-mail: chaitramc@sduaher.ac.in
K Prabhavathi - E-mail: prabhavathik@sduaher.ac.in

T.N Suresh - E-mail: sureshtn@sduaher.ac.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received June 30, 2025; Revised June 30, 2025; Accepted June 30, 2025, Published June 30, 2025

Abstract

Diabetic retinopathy is always asymptomatic before entering the later stage. Therefore, it is of interest to determine the red cell distribution width to albumin ratio (RAR) and correlate RAR with Diabetic Retinopathy through cross-sectional study among 384 patients. On applying Z test, there was a statistically significant difference found between RAR and Presence of diabetic retinopathy. These findings suggest that RAR could serve as a useful biomarker for early detection and risk stratification of DR.

Keywords

Diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, red blood cell distribution width (RDW), albumin ratio, prognosis

Citation

Elavala et al. Bioinformation 21(6): 1324-1327 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.