Assessment of the main plasma parameters included in a metabolic profile of dairy cow based on Fourier Transform mid-infrared spectroscopy: preliminary results

Calamari, Luigi; Ferrari, Annarita; Minuti, Andrea; Trevisi, Erminio

doi:10.1186/s12917-015-0621-4

Table 2 Descriptive statistic (35 plasma samples)

From: Assessment of the main plasma parameters included in a metabolic profile of dairy cow based on Fourier Transform mid-infrared spectroscopy: preliminary results

Item	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Median	SK^a	KU^b
Glucose, mmol L⁻¹	4.02	0.67	1.66	6.20	3.95	−0.13	5.64
Total cholesterol, mmol L⁻¹	3.36	1.59	0.80	5.87	3.18	0.05	−1.57
NEFA^c, mmol L⁻¹	0.33	0.29	0.06	1.18	0.20	1.06	0.30
NEFA^c, ln(mmol L⁻¹)	−1.52	0.94	−2.83	0.16	−1.61	0.17	−1.49
BHBA^d, mmol L⁻¹	0.49	0.13	0.28	0.85	0.47	1.00	0.78
BHBA^d, ln(mmol L⁻¹)	−0.74	0.25	−1.28	−0.16	−0.76	0.34	0.06
Urea, mmol L⁻¹	4.21	1.42	1.50	7.52	4.02	0.21	−0.61
Creatinine, μmol L⁻¹	99.54	10.67	83.62	125.89	97.57	0.47	−0.51
Ca, mmol L⁻¹	2.58	0.12	2.36	2.86	2.61	0.33	−0.16
Inorganig P, mmol L⁻¹	1.81	0.35	1.19	2.89	1.74	1.09	1.36
Mg, mmol L⁻¹	1.02	0.10	0.57	1.12	1.04	−2.97	9.99
Na, mmol L⁻¹	144.20	3.44	138.78	151.78	143.81	0.38	−0.68
K, mmol L⁻¹	4.07	0.20	3.59	4.57	4.08	−0.09	0.20
Cl, mmol L⁻¹	107.51	2.48	102.27	112.98	107.46	−0.09	−0.19
Zn, μmol L⁻¹	11.43	2.71	5.17	16.19	11.40	−0.48	−0.19
Ceruloplasmin, μmol L⁻¹	3.24	1.02	1.99	6.63	3.03	1.48	2.41
Total protein, g L⁻¹	76.07	6.27	63.57	86.89	77.10	−0.35	−0.67
Albumin, g L⁻¹	35.90	2.65	25.79	39.55	36.26	−2.07	5.68
Globulin, g L⁻¹	40.05	6.33	27.99	52.08	40.61	−0.23	−0.78
Total bilirubin, μmol L⁻¹	3.98	4.63	0.29	22.48	2.14	2.57	6.98
Total bilirubin, ln(μmol L⁻¹)	0.94	0.91	−1.24	3.11	0.76	0.35	0.24
Haptoglobin, g L⁻¹	0.25	0.27	0.03	0.91	0.10	1.46	0.69
Haptoglobin, ln(g L⁻¹)	−1.91	0.98	−3.51	−0.09	−2.30	0.60	−0.87
AST^e, U L⁻¹	106.67	69.78	49.98	394.07	89.35	3.15	9.75
AST^e, ln(U L⁻¹)	4.56	0.42	3.91	5.98	4.49	1.90	4.32
GGT^f, U L⁻¹	28.78	9.66	16.27	63.94	26.63	1.50	3.64
GGT^f, ln(U L⁻¹)	3.32	0.31	2.79	4.16	3.28	0.40	0.20
AP^g, U L⁻¹	50.85	22.75	21.44	103.73	42.84	0.87	−0.21
AP^g, ln(U L⁻¹)	3.84	0.43	3.07	4.64	3.76	0.23	−0.88

^aSkewness
^bKurtosis
^cNon esterified fatty acids
^dβ-OH-butyric acid
^eAspartate amino transferase
^fγ-glutamyl transferase
^gAlkaline phosphatase

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