Evaluation of Mean Platelet Volume in Children with Hypertension
Table 3
Complete blood count findings of the cases.
Hypertension group (n = 45)
Control group (n = 45)
value
Mean ± SD
Median (25p–75p)
Mean ± SD
Median (25p–75p)
RBC (106/μL)
4.89 ± 0.54
4.87 (4.50–5.19)
4.61 ± 0.43
4.62 (4.31–5.00)
0.009#
Hb (g/dL)
13.7 ± 1.59
13.7 (12.4–15.1)
13.0 ± 1.41
12.6 (12.1–13.7)
0.032#
Htc (%)
41.7 ± 4.67
40.8 (38.3–45.1)
39.2 ± 3.96
38.2 (36.4–42.1)
0.012
MCV (fL)
85.2 ± 5.38
85.0 (82.0–89.0)
85.3 ± 7.04
85.0 (82.0–90.0)
0.616
MCH (pg)
28.1 ± 1.94
28.3 (27.3–29.2)
28.3 ± 2.67
28.3 (26.9–30.1)
0.347
MCHC (g/dL)
33.0 ± 1.10
33.2 (32.2–33.7)
33.2 ± 0.94
33.1 (32.9–33.8)
0.399#
RDW (%)
14.9 ± 1.88
14.5 (13.8–16.2)
14.2 ± 1.54
14.0 (13.0–14.7)
0.058
Leukocyte (103/μL)
6.98 ± 1.80
6.85 (5.92–7.88)
6.77 ± 1.66
6.50 (5.81–7.69)
0.603
Neutrophil (103/μL)
3.52 ± 1.18
3.29 (2.65–4.07)
3.66 ± 1.23
3.57 (2.99–4.37)
0.458
Lymphocyte (103/μL)
2.71 ± 0.84
2.68 (1.99–3.28)
2.45 ± 0.74
2.41 (1.92–2.80)
0.117#
Monocyte (103/μL)
0.53 ± 0.20
0.51 (0.42–0.62)
0.50 ± 0.20
0.48 (0.37–0.57)
0.250
Eosinophil (103/μL)
0.20 ± 0.13
0.15 (0.12–0.25)
0.16 ± 0.08
0.14 (0.10–0.21)
0.349
Basophil (103/μL)
0.03 ± 0.02
0.02 (0.01–0.04)
0.03 ± 0.02
0.02 (0.02–0.03)
0.533
Platelets (103/μL)
295.78 ± 73.78
292 (236–357)
275.49 ± 58.29
281 (230–311)
0.151#
MPV (fL)
8.49 ± 0.88
8.60 (7.80–9.10)
8.63 ± 0.75
8.60 (8.20–9.10)
0.405#
PDW (%)
14.3 ± 2.31
13.8 (12.5–16.0)
14.5 ± 3.09
14.5 (13.5–15.8)
0.214
RBC: red blood cells, Hb: hemoglobin, Htc: hematocrit, MCV: mean corpuscular volume, MCH: mean corpuscular hemoglobin, MCHC: mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, RDW: red cell distribution width, MPV: mean platelet volume, PDW: platelet distribution width Mann-Whitney U test, #Student's t-test. The bold values represent statistically significant values ().
