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Micro-Red Blood Cell, Fragmented Red Blood Cell, Platelet Distribution Width, Mean Platelet Volume, and
Si Chen1, Zhigang Mao1, Shuang Wang1
1From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China (Chen, Mao, Wang, Liao, Zheng).
Context.—:
Platelet (PLT) counting with impedance (PLT-I) is widely used but has low specificity. PLT counting with fluorescence (PLT-F), tested by the Sysmex XN series with high specificity, can be a complementary method to PLT-I.
Objective.—:
To identify red blood cell (RBC)- and PLT-related parameters as potential influencing factors for PLT-I and establish PLT reflex test rules with PLT-F.
Design.—:
We prospectively tested both PLT-I and PLT-F in all 3480 samples. In a development data set of 3000 samples, differences between the reflex and nonreflex groups were compared and influencing factors for PLT-I were identified by logistic regression. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and cutoff values were obtained by ROC curve analysis. Validation was conducted in the remaining 480 samples (validation data set).
Results.—:
PLT-F showed comparable results with immunoplatelet counting. In logistic regression, increased micro-RBC absolute count (micro-RBC#), fragmented RBC absolute count (FRC#), PLT distribution width (PDW), mean PLT volume (MPV), PLT-large cell ratio (P-LCR), and immature PLT fraction absolute count (IPF#) were influencing factors for PLT-I. In ROC curve analysis, the cutoff values of micro-RBC#, FRC#, PDW, MPV, and P-LCR were 0.64 × 106/μL, 0.082 × 106/μL, 15.40 fL, 11.15 fL, and 33.95%, respectively. The areas under the ROC curve of micro-RBC# and FRC# were 0.77 and 0.79, respectively.
Conclusions.—:
Micro-RBC#, FRC#, PDW, MPV, P-LCR, and IPF# were factors affecting PLT-I. Among them, micro-RBC# and FRC# were the most impactful factors. From our study results, micro-RBC#, FRC#, MPV, PDW, and P-LCR can be used to establish reflex test rules for PLT counting in clinical work.
