“…In addition to the type of test, multiple technical and clinical factors can also confound the results of platelet function tests. These include posture [14], quality of the blood draw [15], platelet response to endothelial injury that occurs during blood collection[16], time of day [9,17], sample transport conditions [15], platelet count [15], hemolysis [15], exercise [18], smoking [19,20], age [21], gender [22], presence of infection [23], obesity [24,25], glucose control in diabetics [25,26], hemoglobin [27], serum cholesterol [26] and triglyceride [28], as well as use of concomitant agents, such as anticoagulants [29]. …”