Platelet activity and hypercoagulation in type 2 diabetes

Table 2 TEG results of the seven viscoelastic parameters assessing the efficiency of coagulation in naïve whole blood samples of healthy (n = 44) and diabetic (n = 26) volunteers

Parameter	Healthy individuals (n = 51)	Diabetic individuals (n = 36)	p-value
R-value	8.2 [7–9.8]	6.6 [4.7–8.4]	0.001
K	2.8 [2.2–3]	1.9 [1.6–2.5]	0.0004
A (angle)	59.7 [51.9–64]	68.8 [63.3–72.2]	< 0.0001
MA	58.8 [55.1–63.6]	66.1 [60.5–71.1]	0.0001
MRTG	4.6 [4.2–5.8]	7.4 [5.7–10.4]	< 0.0001
TMRTG	11.9 [9.8–13.6]	9.4 [7.9–12.1]	0.003
TTG	715.1 [616.9–877]	978.1 [774.8–1222]	0.0001

Data expressed as means and interquartile ranges. Parameters were compared using the non-parametric Mann–Whitney test

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