Platelet indices as predictors of poor glucoregulation in type 2 diabetes mellitus adults at Bishoftu General Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 4 Kruskal Wallis and Bonferroni pairwise comparisons of platelet indices between poor glycemic controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus, good glycemic controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus, and healthy controls at Bishoftu Hospital, central Ethiopia, from June to August 2022

Platelet indices	Poorly controlled T2DM median (IQR)	Good controlled T2DM median (IQR)	Healthy controls median (IQR)	Kruskal Wallis test	Post hoc test (Bonferroni test)
				P value	aP value	bP value	cP value
PLT count (103/µL)	188 (159-350)	210 (162-251)	208 (170-232)	0.512	-	-	-
PDW (fL)	19.1 (13.3-24.2)	12.4 (11.6-13.7)	11.1 (10.1-13.1)	< 0.001	0.009	< 0.001	< 0.001
MPV (fL)	12.8 (10.8-14.8)	10.7 (10-11.2)	9.9 (9.6-10.9)	< 0.001	0.01	< 0.001	< 0.001
PLCR (%)	44.4 (31.6-55.2)	30 (25.8-34)	24.5 (21.2-31.8)	< 0.001	0.009	< 0.001	< 0.001
PCT (%)	0.27 (0.22-0.38)	0.23 (0.2-0.28)	0.23 (0.19-0.26)	< 0.001	1.000	0.001	< 0.001

^aP < 0.05 represents comparison of good glycemic controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and the healthy control group.

^bP < 0.05 represents comparison of good glycemic controlled T2DM and poor controlled T2DM.

^cP < 0.05 represents comparison of healthy controls and poor controlled T2DM group.

PDW: Platelet distribution width; MPV: Mean platelet volume; PLCR: Platelet large cell ratio; PCT: Plateletcrit; IQR: Interquartile range; T2DM: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; PLT: Platelet counts.