Reference range of mean platelet volume in Chinese individuals

Mean platelet volume (MPV) is widely used as a measure of platelet size and it has been known to be a marker of platelet activity [ [1] Demirin H. Ozhan H. Ucgun T. Celer A. Bulur S. Cil H. et al. Normal range of mean platelet volume in healthy subjects: Insight from a large epidemiologic study. Thromb Res. 2011; 128: 358-360 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (97) Google Scholar ]. Recently, we read three interesting articles to show reference ranges of MPV in different nations [ 1 Demirin H. Ozhan H. Ucgun T. Celer A. Bulur S. Cil H. et al. Normal range of mean platelet volume in healthy subjects: Insight from a large epidemiologic study. Thromb Res. 2011; 128: 358-360 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (97) Google Scholar , 2 Lippi G. Meschi T. Borghi L. Mean platelet volume increases with aging in a large population study. Thromb Res. Apr. 2012; 129: e159-e160 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (51) Google Scholar , 3 Cho SunYoung Lee HeeJoo Lee Woo-In Suh Jin-Tae Park TaeSung Large population study for the reference range of mean platelet volume in Korean individuals. Thromb Res. March 2012; 130: 557-558 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (13) Google Scholar ]. As demonstrated, MPV reference ranges are not identical between different population and analyzers [ [3] Cho SunYoung Lee HeeJoo Lee Woo-In Suh Jin-Tae Park TaeSung Large population study for the reference range of mean platelet volume in Korean individuals. Thromb Res. March 2012; 130: 557-558 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (13) Google Scholar ]. In order to update and expand this information, we assessed the values of MPV on a large number of participants who came to our hospital for annual medical check-up.