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Table 1 Baseline demographic characteristics of canine cardiac patients and control dogs

From: Inflammation and its association with oxidative stress in dogs with heart failure

 

Control

All patients

No CHF

CHF

Number

10

37

11

26

Sex

 Male/Female

3/7

31/6

9/2

22/4

Age (years)

 Mean ± SD

4.4 ± 2.5*

8.8 ± 2.8

9.3 ± 3.6

8.6 ± 2.5

 Min–Max

1.0–12.5

2.4–14.3

2.4–14.3

4.2–12.5

Weight

 Median (IQR)

22.4 (19.2–34.3)

27.8 (13.2–41.9)

31.4 (13.6–61.5)

27.2 (12.8–39.3)

Disease

 DCM/MMVD

/

16/21

4/7

12/14

  1. *significant difference when compared to the groups of canine patients with CHF (P < 0.001) and without CHF (P < 0.001), and the group of all cardiac patients (P < 0.001)