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Table 2 Medians, interquartile ranges (IQR, 25–75%), minimal (Min) and maximal (Max) and values of a biochemical analysis performed in saliva from 6 healthy horses and 6 horses diagnosed with acute abdominal disease

From: Changes in saliva analytes in equine acute abdominal disease: a sialochemistry approach

 

Healthy horses (n = 6)

Diseased horses (n = 6)

Median

Min

Max

IQC

Median

Min

Max

IQC

AST (IU/L)

101.8

45.5

205.8

47.8–146.3

212.8

28.1

1216.9

68.5–615.7

ALP (IU/L)

58.5

1.0

79.8

30.3–74.4

131.6

48.0

355.7

48.9–198.2

gGT (IU/L)

31.1

2.5

62.8

19.3–51.8

199.5**

55.9

359.0

65.9–331.5

Lipase (IU/L)

49.8

10.0

100.1

13.23–75.3

26.4

6.7

91.6

16.3–76.8

LDH (IU/L)

270.7

0.0

1195.0

41.9–662.3

688.6

42.3

2896.0

43.9–1795.0

CK (IU/L)

11.1

0.0

23.5

2.4–15.4

30.1*

7.0

140.7

13.5–88.9

BChE (nmol/mL/min)

19.2

5.6

31.1

12.1–27.5

18.6

12.5

62.1

13.6–57.7

ADA (IU/L)

14.5

8.2

85.2

12.4–36.2

41.1

11.8

216.3

26.9–111.6

Creatinine (μmol/L)

28.3

8.8

285.5

13.3–114.0

33.6

0.9

106.1

3.5–64.53

Urea (mmol/L)

7.9

4.1

10.4

5.4–9.7

18.8*

8.2

44.9

9.9–33.7

Uric acid (μmol/L)

59.5

51.8

103.5

52.3–86.8

38.7

0.6

88.6

10.7–71.4

Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

2.9

1.0

10.3

1.7–6.2

7.5*

3.6

13.5

4.3–10.4

Cholesterol (μmol/L)

35.4

0.00

249.8

0.0–169.7

93.4

0.0

263.8

0.00–187.0

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

0.34

0.05

0.68

0.06–0.67

0.21

0.02

3.64

0.04–1.17

Glucose (mmol/L)

0.54

0.01

1.80

0.13–1.05

0.51

0.00

2.99

0.16–2.24

Lactate (mmol/L)

1.73

0.02

3.44

0.42–2.70

0.39

0.01

20.91

0.09–9.32

Total protein (g/L)

1.65

0.96

4.23

1.01–2.72

5.77**

3.47

6.18

3.53–5.99

Albumin (g/L)

0.5

0.1

0.9

0.3–0.8

0.8

0.1

2.6

0.4–1.5

Phosphorus (mmol/L)

0.26

0.04

0.48

0.12–0.34

0.59*

1.20

2.04

0.24–1.72

Calcium (mmol/L)

4.7

4.2

7.0

4.2–7.0

6.4

4.1

9.4

4.8–9.0

sAA (IU/L)

13.5

1.0

23.1

4.2–20.3

109.3**

43.7

544.3

51.7–446.5

Cortisol (μg/dL)

0.93

0.56

1.12

0.79–1.05

0.91

0.6

1.08

0.60–1.02

TEA (IU/L)

141.7

77

165.5

120.7–159.4

133

39.8

184.9

44.2–133.0

  1. AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALP alkaline phosphatase, gGT γ-glutamyl transferase, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, CK creatine kinase, BChE butyrilcholinesterase, ADA adenosine deaminase, sAA alpha-amylase salivary, TEA total esterase
  2. Asterisk indicates statistically significant differences between groups (*: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01)