Research Article

Does Thrombocyte Size Give Us an Idea about Thrombocytosis Etiology?

Table 6

The results of Pearson's correlation test in patients with essential thrombocythemia.

ParametersS IronUIBCFerritinHbMCVWBCCRP

Platelet counts
0.251 0.031 0.309 −0.519 −0.459 0.702 −0.110
>0.05>0.05>0.05<0.05<0.05<0.01>0.05
Mean platelet volume
−0.052 0.062 0.045 −0.175 −0.371 0.409 0.006
>0.05>0.05>0.05>0.05>0.05>0.05>0.05

S Iron: serum iron; UIBC: unsaturated iron-binding capacity; Hb: hemoglobin; MCV: mean corpuscular volume; WBC: white blood cell; CRP: C-reactive protein.