Mean platelet volume in pediatric chronic kidney diseases

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Table 1.  Patient compositions and disease entities.

Total number of patients	270
Subgroup
I. Patient group	200
1. IgA nephropathy	71
2. Mesangeal proliferative glomerulonephritis	52
3. Nephrotic syndrome	73
II. Control group	70
Acute nasopharyngitis	21
Acute pharyngitis	16
Acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis	13
Acute sinusitis	4
Allergic rhinitis	4
Acute lymphadenitis of face,head and neck	4
Acute obstructive laryngitis	4
Etc.*	4

*Acute tonsillitis, acute suppurative otitis media, acute upper respiratory infection, unspecified.

Figure 1. Mean platelet volume (MPV) was markedly increased in IgA nephropathy (IgAN) and mesangeal proliferative glomerulonephritis (MesPGN) comparing with acute respiratory illness (Control) and nephrotic syndrome (Nephrotic S, p = 0.01).