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- Title
Increased mean platelet volume in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Authors
Yenigün, Ezgi Coşkun; Okyay, Gülay Ulusal; Pirpir, Atakan; Hondur, Ahmet; Yıldırım, İ Safa
- Abstract
Objective: Platelet functions have important roles in the development of vascular complications in diabetic patients. Platelets with increased volume have increased activity compared to smaller ones; therefore, mean platelet volume (MPV) is used as a marker for platelet activity. In the present study, we evaluated MPV in patients with type II diabetes mellitus (DM) and its associations with diabetic microvascular and macrovascular complications. Methods: Consecutive type II diabetic patients were screened from outpatient clinic of Internal Medicine Department of Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Researsch Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. A total of 48 patients with type II DM and 30 age and gender matched healthy subjects constituted the study population. For all subjects a complete blood count including MPV, fasting blood glucose level and lipid parameters were studied. In diabetic patients, duration of diabetes and HbA1C level, presence of microvascular and macrovascular complications were noted additively. Mean platelet volume was compared between diabetic patients and healthy counterparents. Then, among diabetic patients, MPV was compared between the ones with and without microvascular and macrovascular complications. Results: Mean platelet volume was found significantly higher in diabetic patients compared to non-diabetic healthy subjects. Diabetic patients with at least one of the microvascular complications had significantly higher MPV than those without microvascular damage.Higher MPV levels have also been shown in diabetics with macrovascular complications compared to the ones without macrovascular disease. Conclusion: Mean platelet volume was found to be higher in type II diabetics and those having any of microvascular or macrovascular diabetic complications.
- Subjects
BLOOD platelets; TYPE 2 diabetes; BLOOD lipids; PEOPLE with diabetes; OUTPATIENT medical care
- Publication
Dicle Medical Journal / Dicle Tip Dergisi, 2014, Vol 41, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
1300-2945
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5798/diclemedj.0921.2014.01.0366