Patients with thrombocytopenia were on average slightly older than patients with a normal platelet count (48.8 ± 11.1 versus 45.7 ± 11.7 years); they also had significantly higher mean BMI (27.1 ± 4.3 versus 24.4 ± 2.9 kg/m2, z = −2.321, P = 0.020) and ALT and AST levels (data not shown). This evidence concerns the gene GPT and Thrombocytopenia.