The laboratory findings supportive of GCA include a markedly elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), a normocytic anemia, and elevations of other inflammatory markers, including C- reactive ...

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and folate deficiency anemia (macrocytosis) may have a normal MCV (normocytic anemia), but the RDW will be very high. The RDW can predict the overall risk of mortality in people over the age of 45.