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Table 2 Means and standard deviations of impedance-based platelet counts per time point, in the absence or presence of aggregates with and without Iloprost administration

From: Effective prevention of pseudothrombocytopenia in feline blood samples with the prostaglandin I₂ analogue Iloprost

Time in hours	Aggregates present									Aggregates absent
	Iloprost yes						Iloprost no			Iloprost yes						Iloprost no
	20 ng			200 ng			Iloprost no			20 ng			200 ng			Iloprost no
	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n	mean¹	sd¹	n
0.15	266	85	4	278	68	4	276	148	5	310	104	16	300	120	16	295	95	15
1	281	85	3	257	83	4	171	134	8	295	112	17	295	109	16	294	99	12
2	142	81	2	192	22	2	66	57	10	271	111	18	258	113	18	288	113	10
3	282	136	3	154	NA²	1	136	100	14	234	100	17	246	120	19	280	80	6
4	176	45	3	249	119	5	168	83	13	238	118	17	236	111	15	252	112	7
6	175	21	3	186	1.4	2	187	84	12	215	113	17	215	115	18	237	108	8
8	150	NA²	1	303	165	2	181	90	11	191	97	19	188	90	18	237	81	9
24	140	NA²	1	83	NA²	1	152	79	8	137	61	19	141	70	19	202	78	12

¹ mean and standard deviation of platelet counts in 10³ x μL
² 1 cat

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