OBJECTIVE The association between platelet activity, diabetes, and glucometabolic control is uncertain. We aim to investigate mean platelet volume (MPV), a marker of platelet size and platelet activity, with the prevalence of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and degree of glycemic control. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS This is a retrospective analysis of 13,021 participants in the National Health ...

BACKGROUND Although the exact pathophysiology of preeclampsia is not completely understood, the utility of different platelets indices can be utilized to predict preeclampsia. OBJECTIVE To compare platelet indices, namely platelet count (PC), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and PC to MPV ratio in women with preeclampsia compared with healthy controls. SETTING ...

We applaud the work by Kemal et al., in their well-presented article. The authors found lower mean platelet volume (MPV) and red blood cell distribution (RDW) levels in epistaxis. It is worth noting that any process resulting in the release of immature erythrocyte/platelet or increased destruction of red blood cell/platelet will change the levels of RDW/MPV. Moreover, it has been reported that ...

Objective: Clopidogrel therapy is the standard of care in patients with unstable angina. However, a percentage of subjects are nonresponders to clopidogrel and this leads to increased adverse outcome. On the other way round, some responsive patients are exposed to bleeding complications. Detection of both in daily practice is important in order to tailor the treatment protocol. In this study we...

In recent years, many studies have been published which state that there is a significant relationship between the increase in mean platelet volume (MPV) and the increase in cardiovascular disease risk.[2,3] Besides, other studies which investigated the relationship between adenoid hypertrophy, MPV, and cardiovascular disease risk have been reported.[4,5] Results of these studies reveal conflic...

OBJECTIVE Elevation of C reactive protein (CRP) is one of the major acute-phase responses following ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke. This study aims to investigate the associations between platelet indices, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) compared with CRP in patients with cerebral infarction. SETTING The clinical data of patients with cerebral i...

We investigated the association between mean platelet volume (MPV) and risk of all-cause mortality in Chinese patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI). We enrolled 1836 patients with STEMI in Xuanwu Hospital from January 2008 to December 2013. Based on MPV, patients were categorized into the following groups: < 9.5 fL (n = 85), 9.5-11.0 fL (n = 776), 11.1-12.5 fL (n = 811) and >...

Introduction: We compared the prognostic values of mean platelet volume (MPV) and neutrophil/lymphocyte (NLR) between surviving and nonsurviving patients with pulmonary embolism (PE). Materials and methods: A total of 156 patients were screened by I26 code of ICD-9 and 89 patients were included as cases of confirmed PE. Admission blood counts and clinical data were obtained from hospital record...

BACKGROUND Hepatic impairment, portal hypertension, and multi-systemic damage could occur during liver cirrhosis's late stage. Bleeding is a complication of hepatic cirrhosis along with several changes including blood platelet count (BPC), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet crit (PCT) and expression of platelet CD62P. Blood platelet count (BPC), mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distributi...

RESEARCH SUMMARY: This article examines the growth in marijuana misdemeanor arrests in New York City (NYC) from 1980 to 2003 and its differential impact on blacks and Hispanics. Since 1980, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) expanded its use of arrest and detention for minor offenses under its quality-of-life (QOL) policing initiative. Arrest data indicate that during the 1990s the prim...