Early Change in Platelet Count and MPV Levels of Patients Who Received Hemodialysis for the First Time: Mogadishu Somalia Experience

Introduction: Mean platelet volume (MPV) is a marker used to assess the platelet' size and is also an indicator of platelet reactivity and prothrombotic status.

Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine the relationship between MPV and biochemical parameters in patients who had received hemodialysis (HD) for the first time and then in respect of those same patients after their fourth HD.

Method: 151 HD patients were enrolled in this study. Patients were eligible for inclusion if they had received their first HD session during this study protocol. Prehemodialysis blood samples were taken. Most laboratory values, including mean platelet volume (MPV) level and platelets (PLT) count, were measured before the first HD and after the fourth HD session for each patient.

Results: Among the patients in our study, the mean age profile of the male patients ( = 103; 68.2%) was found to be higher than that of the female patients ( = 48; 31.8%) (53.62 ± 18.19 vs. 46.17 ± 17.9 years) ( = 0.019).In the patients' laboratory results after the fourth HD session, MPV, MPV/Plt, and Na values had increased to those after the first HD session ( < 0.001). When age and gender status were taken into account, the level of weak positive correlation with white blood cell count (WBC), neutrophil, and red cell distribution width (RDW) was found, while the weak negative correlation with platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) was found ( < 0.001).

Conclusions: In our study, we found that increase in MPV and MPV/PLT levels was significant in the fourth HD session of patients with CKD. It is also debatable that there are findings indicating an increase in platelet reactivity in the first weeks of the onset of HD. This could be an early indicator of the early prevention of cardiovascular diseases.