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Table 2 The univariable analysis of the association between categorized complete blood count (CBC) measurements and increased risk of feline pancreatitis (FP) in the study cats

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

CBC-based inflammatory biomarker

Category

Cats with increased risk of FP / all cats in the category (%)

P-valuea

Crude odds ratio (ORcrude) (CI 95%)

Total leukocyte count [G/L]

≥ 18 (n = 18)

17 (94.4)

0.002*

12.2 (1.52, 98.5)

< 18 (n = 55)

32 (58.2)

Total neutrophil count [G/L]

≥ 15 (n = 19)

17 (89.5)

0.010*

5.84 (1.22, 27.9)

<  15 (n = 54)

32 (59.3)

Band neutrophil count [G/L]

≥ 0.27 (n = 32)

28 (87.5)

0.001*

6.67 (1.98, 22.4)

<  0.27 (n = 41)

21 (51.2)

Lymphocyte count [G/L]

≥ 2.2 (n = 36)

21 (58.3)

0.113

0.45 (0.17, 1.23)

<  2.2 (n = 37)

28 (75.6)

Eosinophil count [G/L]

> 0.3 (n = 36)

20 (55.6)

0.037*

0.34 (0.12, 0.96)

≤ 0.3 (n = 37)

29 (78.4)

Monocyte count [G/L]

≥ 0.15 (n = 12)

11 (91.6)

0.089

6.95 (0.84, 57.3)

< 0.15 (n = 61)

38 (62.3)

Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio [1/1]

≥ 4.7 (n = 33)

27 (81.8)

0.013*

3.68 (1.25, 10.9)

<  4.7 (n = 40)

22 (55.0)

  1. *Significant at α = 0.05
  2. aThe maximum likelihood G-test