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Platelet count and platelet size in males and females
Author(s) -
Bain Barbara J.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1985.tb00804.x
Subject(s) - mean platelet volume , platelet , medicine , complete blood count
The platelet count of healthy males was compared to that of healthy females. A higher platelet count in women was confirmed. A similar inverse non‐linear relationship between the platelet count and the mean platelet volume (MPV) was found in the two sexes. The slightly higher MPV in men was insufficient to compensate for the lower platelet count so that the plateletcrit, which measures total volume of platelets in a given volume of blood, was also significantly higher in women.