Platelet count and plateletcrit are associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis in females. Results from the RETROVE study

Miquel Vázquez-Santiago; Noelia Vilalta; Andrey Ziyatdinov; Biel Cuevas; Raquel Macho; Núria Pujol-Moix; Marina Carrasco; José Mateo; Jordi Fontcuberta; José Manuel Soria; Juan Carlos Souto

doi:10.1016/j.thromres.2017.07.022

Platelet count and plateletcrit are associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis in females. Results from the RETROVE study

Thromb Res. 2017 Sep:157:162-164. doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2017.07.022. Epub 2017 Jul 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Unit of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Sant Pau Institute of Biomedical Research (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: MVazquezS@santpau.cat.
² Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: NVilalta@santpau.cat.
³ Unit of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Sant Pau Institute of Biomedical Research (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: AZiyatdinov@santpau.cat.
⁴ Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: BCuevas@santpau.cat.
⁵ Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: RMacho@santpau.cat.
⁶ Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona 08025, Spain.
⁷ Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: MCarrasco@santpau.cat.
⁸ Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: JMateo@santpau.cat.
⁹ Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: JFontcuberta@santpau.cat.
¹⁰ Unit of Genomics of Complex Diseases, Sant Pau Institute of Biomedical Research (IIB-Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: JSoria@santpau.cat.
¹¹ Unitat d'Hemostàsia i Trombosi, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: JSouto@santpau.cat.

PMID: 28759761
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2017.07.022

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Blood Platelets / metabolism*
Case-Control Studies
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Platelet Count / methods*
Prospective Studies
Risk
Venous Thrombosis / blood*