Age- and sex-based ranges of platelet count and cause-specific mortality risk in an adult general population: prospective findings from the Moli-sani study

Age- and sex-based ranges of platelet count and cause-specific mortality risk in an adult general population: prospective findings from the Moli-sani study

Platelet count varies by age, sex and ethnicity. However, previous studies have adopted standard ranges to identify subjects with thrombocytopenia or thrombocytosis. The aim of this study was to test the predictive role of age-sex-based cut-offs of platelet count proposed by an Italian collaborative...

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Main Authors: Marialaura Bonaccio, Augusto Di Castelnuovo, Simona Costanzo, Amalia De Curtis, Maria Benedetta Donati, Chiara Cerletti, Giovanni de Gaetano, Licia Iacoviello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-04-01
Series:Platelets
Subjects:
platelet count
mortality
epidemiology
general population
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2017.1411584

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2017.1411584

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