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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study cats

From: Application of a complete blood count to screening lethargic and anorectic cats for pancreatitis

Characteristica

Risk of feline pancreatitis

P-valueb

Very low (n = 24)

Increased (n = 49)

Demographic characteristics

 Age [years] – median, IQR, (range)

10, 7–11 (2–15)

11, 9–13 (2–18)

0.038*

 Sex – males

14 (58.3)

31 (63.3)

0.685c

 Breed – domestic shorthair

3 (12.5)

12 (24.5)

0.218

Comorbidities

 Diabetes mellitus

9 (37.5)

20 (40.8)

0.785

 Suspected hepatopathy

5 (20.8)

17 (34.7)

0.216

 Suspected acute kidney injury

2 (8.3)

5 (10.2)

0.999d

 Anemia

2 (8.3)

8 (16.3)

0.481d

 Hemoconcentration

6 (25.0)

17 (34.7)

0.397

 Hyperthyroidism

1 (4.2)

0

0.319d

 Neoplastic disease

0

3 (6.1)

0.546d

Clinical signs

 Vomiting

9 (37.5)

28 (57.1)

0.113

 Diarrhea

6 (25.0)

3 (6.1)

0.051d

 Abdominal pain

3 (12.5)

10 (20.4)

0.407

 Fever

0

3 (6.1)

0.546d

  1. *Significant at α = 0.05
  2. aPresented as n(%) unless otherwise stated
  3. bMaximum likelihood G-test unless otherwise stated
  4. cMann-Whitney U test
  5. dFisher exact test