Platelet Indices and Its Association with Microvascular Complications Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Northeast Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Mitku Mammo Taderegew Gashaw Garedew WoldeamanuelMamo Solomon EmeriaMelkamu Tilahun Getachew Yideg Yitbarek Betregiorgis Zegeye

Published in: Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy (2021)

MPV, PDW, and P-LCR were significantly higher among type 2 DM patients with microvascular complications. This indicates that platelet indices can be used as prognostic markers of vascular complications and can be used as simple and cost-effective parameters to predict microvascular complications particularly in patients with old age and long duration of DM.

Keyphrases

risk factors
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
type diabetes
adipose tissue
insulin resistance
cardiovascular risk factors