Role of MPV in Early Diagnosis of Vascular Complication in Diabetic Patient

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by chronic hyperglycemia resulting from deficiency of insulin. Among platelet indices, Mean Platelet Volume (MPV) demonstrates the changes in rate of platelet production. Increase in MPV is seen in metabolic syndrome, stroke and diabetes. In these 100 diabetics and 100 control subjects were taken and their HbA1c was correlated with the MPV level of these subjects. A significant correlation was found between the MPV and Hba1c levels. Hence raised MPV levels can be used as an early indicator for the complications of diabetes.