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title: Platelet concentration factor
url: https://regenmedtools.com/glossary/platelet-concentration-factor/
type: glossary
primaryQuery: platelet concentration factor prp
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# Platelet concentration factor

Concentration factor is how many times the platelet count in the final product exceeds the patient's whole-blood baseline, written for example as 5x. It is a property of the protocol and the patient, never of the machine alone.

Because baseline platelet count varies with age, sex, nutrition, hydration, and health, a protocol reported at 5x baseline in a study will not produce the same absolute platelet count in every patient. Absolute count, not multiple, is what reaches the tissue.


## Related
- [prp](https://regenmedtools.com/glossary/prp/)
- [thrombocyte](https://regenmedtools.com/glossary/thrombocyte/)
- [haematocrit](https://regenmedtools.com/glossary/haematocrit/)