Fig. 1

CRP concentration in dogs with CRP > 100 mg/l according to the disease category (a) as well as detailed presentation of the subcategories in dogs with inflammatory diseases (b). Results are shown as box and whisker diagrams. The horizontal line in the boxes is consistent with the median, the whiskers indicate the range and the box represents the 25th-75th percentile. The median values and inter quartile ranges (IQR) of the groups (median /IQR in mg/l) presented as follows: (a) inflammatory (165.6 /137.8–209.0), neoplastic (167.2 /137.3–205.7), tissue damage (143.0 /119.9–167.2), diverse (172.1 /108.7–205.0); (b) bacterial (189.2 /143.4–223.8), infectious non-bacterial (122.8 /110.8–204.0), multiple pathogens (139.7 /126.2–178.2), non-infectious (166.3 /119.4–209.8), non-classifiable (158.9 /139.8–198.6)