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%) |
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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) |