Mean platelet volume (MPV): new diagnostic indices for co-morbidity of tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Comparison of platelet indices among the four groups

	HC	TB	DM	TB+DM	TB VS DM	TB VS TB+DM	DM VS TB+DM
	n = 133	n = 113	n = 59	n = 74	P value	P value	P value
PLT, ×10⁹/L	219.4±55.4	218.4±56.9	207.0±40.3	208.7±50.1	0.3050	0.1936	0.8575
MPV, fL	9.60±1.21	9.42±1.01	10.92±1.17	9.95±1.25	<0.0001*	0.0041*	<0.0001*
PDW, %	16.1±0.8	15.9±0.6	15.9±1.3	16.0±0.8	0.6804	0.3821	0.3409
PCT, %	0.21±0.05	0.20±0.05	0.22±0.04	0.20±0.05	0.0397*	0.7066	0.0121*

Platelet associated parameters and statistic results among the four groups. HC Healthy community controls, TB Tuberculosis group, DM Diabetes group, TB+DM TB-DM co-morbidity group, PLT Platelet, MPV Mean platelet volume, PDW Platelet distribution width, PCT Plateletcrit. *Significant value (P < 0.05)

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