Mean platelet volume is more important than age for defining reference intervals of platelet counts.

<h4>Background</h4>Platelet count is known to be associated with sex, age and mean platelet volume (MPV). Sex and age were proposed for adjustment of platelet count reference intervals, but MPV is currently not used for further adjustment. We investigated the association of MPV, age and...

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Main Authors: Till Ittermann, Martin A Feig, Astrid Petersmann, Dörte Radke, Andreas Greinacher, Henry Völzke, Thomas Thiele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213658