title: Platelet profile in patients with gestational diabetes: a retrospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess and compare alterations in the morphology and function of platelets occurring in gestational diabetes and healthy pregnancies.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was performed of 77 pregnant women: 42 cases with gestational diabetes and 35 healthy controls. The two groups were compared in terms of demographics and platelet parameters derived from complete blood counts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean platelet volume (p=0.001) and HbA1c (p<0.001) were significantly increased in the patients with gestational diabetes. The mean platelet volume was well correlated with the platelet distribution width (rs=0.404, p<0.001) and the platelet count (rs=0.355, p=0.002).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mean platelet volume and other platelet parameters may significantly aid the identification of diabetic pregnants at risk for vascular complications. The role and possible clinical relevance of these changes during diabetic pregnancy need to be investigated in further studies.
authors.affiliation: Dicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Muhammet Erdal
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Sak
authors.affiliation: Dicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hatice Ender
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Soydinç
authors.affiliation: Dicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozler
authors.affiliation: Dicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Sıddık
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Evsen
authors.affiliation: Dicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Abdülkadir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.affiliation: Diyarbakır Maternity And Children Hospital, Department of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sak
authors.affiliation: Dicle University, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics And Gynecology, Diyarbakır, Turkey.
authors.forename: Talip
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gül
keywords: Pregnancy; diabetes; gestational diabetes; mean platelet volume; platelet