Can mean platelet volume play a role in evaluating the severity of acute pancreatitis?

Table 1 Demographic features and laboratory values of the patients and controls

	Acute pancreatitis (n = 117)	Control group (n = 34)	P value
Age (yr)	46.98 ± 14.42	50.53 ± 12.18	0.1171
Gender (M/F)	72 (61.5%)/45 (38.5%)	19 (55.9%)/15 (44.1%)	0.5572
MPV (fL)	8.72 ± 2.37	10.98 ± 1.40	0.00061
WBC (× 109/L)	13.28 ± 3.84	5.99 ± 1.64	0.0001
Platelet (× 109/L)	180.00 ± 65.04	203.56 ± 52.73	0.0601
AT-III (%)	90.93 ± 19.00	101.44 ± 10.36	0.0001
APTT (S)	37.96 ± 14.12	36.79 ± 4.14	0.6351
PT (S)	12.85 ± 1.14	12.63 ± 0.62	0.1441
FIB (g/L)	3.68 ± 1.45	2.91 ± 0.51	0.0001
D-D (μg/mL)	1.16 ± 1.14	0.27 ± 0.16	0.0001
Hb (g/L)	143.69 ± 26.04	147.53 ± 14.76	0.4211
Hct (%)	42.91 ± 6.46	44.75 ± 4.51	0.1281

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²χ² test. MPV: Mean platelet volume; WBC: White blood cells; AT-III: Antithrombin III; APTT: Activated partial prothrombin time; PT: Prothrombin time; FIB: Fibrinogen; D-D: D-dimers; Hb: Hemoglobin; Hct: Hematocrit.