ObjectivesWe aimed to investigate the association between red cell distribution width-to-platelet ratio (RPR), and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).DesignA retrospective cohort study.SettingData were collected from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care database (MIMIC-IV) consisting of critically ill participants between 2008 and 2019 at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre in Boston.ParticipantsA total of 5067 patients with AMI were enrolled from the MIMIC-IV database.Primary and secondary outcomeIn-hospital mortality.ResultsA total of 4034 patients survived, while 1033 died. In a multiple regression analysis adjusted for age, weight and ethnicity, RPR also showed a positive correlation with in-hospital mortality (HR 1.91, 95% CI 1.42 to 2.56, p<0.0001). Moreover, after adjusting for additional confounding factors, obvious changes were observed (HR 1.63, 95% CI 1.03 to 2.57, p=0.0357). In model 2, the high ratio quartile remained positively associated with hospital mortality compared with the low ratio quartile (HR 1.20, 95% CI 1.01 to 1. 43), with a p-value trend of 0.0177. Subgroup analyses showed no significant effect modifications on the association between RPR and in-hospital mortality in the different AMI groups (p>0.05).ConclusionRPR is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with AMI.
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