Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Increased mean platelet volume (MPV) is an independent risk factor for thromboembolism, stroke and myocardial infarction. In this study we tried to emphasize the importance of gender difference in evaluation of relationship between MPV and serum biochemical parameters in type 2 diabetic patients.Methods: A total of 509 patients with diabetes mellitus who hospitalized due to several causes were retrospectively evaluated. Age, gender, other c...