You will be presented with a citation segment from the section of a research paper. Classify the intent behind this citation by choosing from one of the following categories:

- Method: Cites the paper for its methodology or procedure.
- Background: Cites the paper to provide background information.
- Result: Cites the paper for its findings or results.

Your answer should be a single word from the following list of options: ["Method", "Background", "Result"]. Do not include any other text in your response.

Citation sentence:

The raised levels in unstable patients were almost entirely due to the high degree of platelet activation in the female part of the patient group (median 23, interquartile range [14,6-66,8] in women versus 4,1 [1,822,6] in men for monocyte MFI).
Background