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Table 1 Comparison of ages, sexes, breeds and resting heparin plasma hscTnT concentrations in horses

From: Analytical validation and establishment of reference intervals for a ‘high-sensitivity’ cardiac troponin-T assay in horses

Number

125

178

1

1

 

Non-Competition Horses

Racing- Thoroughbreds

Clinical Case I

Clinical Case II

Median Age (Range)

5 (2–24)

9 (4–18)

11

14

Sexes

56 Mares,

69 Geldings

178 Geldings

Gelding

Mare

Breed(s)

TB, QH, Drafts, Arabians, WB

TB

TB

QH

Resting hscTnT

Mean (±SD), ng/L

3.6 (±2.1)

5.4 (±3.8)

221.0a

5723.0b

hscTnT Median, ng/L

3.0

4.0c

N/A

N/A

hscTnT Range, ng/L

3.0–17.0

3.0–24.0

N/A

N/A

hscTnT 95 % URL (90 % CI), ng/L

6.79

(6.0–12.0)

14.0

(10.0–18.0)

N/A

N/A

hscTnT 99 % URL (90 % CI), ng/L

16.2

(N/A)

23.2

(N/A)

N/A

N/A

  1. Comparison of ages, sexes, breeds and resting heparin plasma hscTnT concentrations from 303 apparently healthy horses (Non-Competition Horses and Racing-Thoroughbreds) as well as two clinical cases
  2. aHeparin plasma hscTnT sample taken 5 h after race-induced upper respiratory crisis event
  3. bHeparin plasma hscTnT sample taken 41 h after initially presented to clinic
  4. cIndicates a significant difference from Non-Competition Horses