TABLE 1.

Laboratory characteristics in the EDTA and citrate samples.

	EDTA sample	Citrate sample
Red blood cells (T/L)	3.80 ± 0.91	3.47 ± 0.88
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11.29 ± 2.58	10.32 ± 2.46
Hematocrit (%)	34.0 ± 7.1	30.7 ± 7.1
MCV (fL)	90.7 ± 6.8	89.4 ± 6.6
Platelet impedance count (G/L)	193 ± 152	113 ± 90.8
Platelet fluorescent count (G/L)	215 ± 171	153 ± 118
IPF (%)	7.74 ± 6.88	8.45 ± 7.37
A‐IPC (G/L)	11.67 ± 8.52	9.01 ± 6.68

Abbreviations: A‐IPC, absolute immature platelet count; IPF, immature platelet fraction; MCV, mean corpuscular volume.