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. 2020 Oct 23;7:578041. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2020.578041

Table 1.

Characteristics of included studies.

Source Freynhofer et al. (27) Tscharre et al. (26) Cesari et al. (29) López-Jiménez et al. (28) Perl et al. (30) Ibrahim et al. (31)
Country Austria Austria Italy Spain Israel USA
Type of cases Post-PCI Post-PCI Post-PCI ACS SCAD with DM CAD
Participants (n) 486 477 229 251 104 89
Laboratory parameter IPF% IPC IPF% IPF% IPF% IPC
Methodologies of RPs Sysmex XE-2100 Sysmex XE-2100 Sysmex XE-2100 Sysmex XE-2100 Sysmex XE-2100 Sysmex XE-2100
Measuring time 6–24 h after PCI 6–24 h after PCI 24–48 h after PCI In the morning of the first day of hospitalization N/A Within 72 h of admission to the hospital
Median of follow-up 190 days 5.8 years 1 years In-hospital admission 2 years 31 months
Total CVEs (n) 86 110 22 31 15 30
Reported outcomes of interest Death, MI, RVA, CVA Death, MI, CVA Death Death MI, RVA, CVA Death, MI, RVA
RPs in CVEs 4% [2.9–5.4] N/A 3.7% [2.4–5.0] 6.60% [4.20–10.80] 4.57% 5.3% [4.3–6.4]
RPs in non-CVEs 3.3% [2.4–4.7] N/A 2.8% [1.9–4.1] 4.80% [3.10–6.95] 2.53% 3.7% [3.0–5.1]
P-value 0.013 N/A 0.05 0.002 <0.001 0.007

RPs, reticulated platelets; CAD, coronary artery disease; CVE, cardiovascular events; ACS, acute coronary syndrome; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; DM, diabetes mellitus; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; N/A, not applicable; IPF%, immature platelet fraction; IPC, immature platelet count; MI, myocardial infarction; CVA, cerebrovascular accidents; RVA, revascularization.