Admission platelet count and indices as predictors of outcome in children with severe Sepsis: a prospective hospital-based study

Table 3 Ratios of platelet indices of the children with severe sepsis according to their outcome

Variable	Survivors	Non-survivors	p	Odds ratio (95% CI)
Variable	n = 41	n = 19	p	Odds ratio (95% CI)
MPV/PLT Median / (IQR)	0.03/ (0.019–0.08)	0.15/ (0.08–0.25)	< 0.001*	1.01 (1.004–1.02)
MPV/PCT (Median / (IQR)	36.25/ (29.2–49.5)	107.78/ (57.5–152.85)	< 0.001*	3.83 (1.14–7.73)
PDW/PLT Median / (IQR)	0.05/ (0.04–0.15)	0.23/ (0.14–0.39)	< 0.001*	1.007 (1.001–1.01)
PDW/PCT Median / (IQR)	67.78/ (53.1–91.11)	186.25/ (99.29–260)	< 0.001*	2.97 (1.05–5.46)

PLT platelet count, MPV mean platelet volume, PDW platelet distribution width, PCT plateletcrit, CI confidence interval
Mann Whitney test for non-parametric quantitative data (expressed as median) between the two groups
^*Significant difference at p value < 0.05

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