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Table 3 Spearman correlation coefficients between gGT, CK, urea, total bilirubin, total protein, phosphorus and sAA in saliva and plasma in healthy (n = 20) and diseased horses (n = 37) with acute abdominal disease

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

 

Saliva

gGT (IU/L)

CK (IU/L)

Urea (mmol/L)

Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

Total proteins (g/L)

Phosphorus (mmol/L)

sAA (IU/L)

gGT

saliva

 

0.68***

0.70***

0.24

0.67***

0.61***

0.26

(IU/L)

plasma

0.24

0.15

0.08

0.03

0.41*

0.36*

0.09

CK

saliva

0.68***

 

0.66***

0.57***

0.69***

0.71***

0.45**

(IU/L)

plasma

0.22

0.34*

0.36*

0.3

0.31

0.34*

0.55***

Urea

saliva

0.70***

0.66***

 

0.34*

0.61***

0.52***

0.37**

(mmol/L)

plasma

0.19

0.24

0.49**

0.36*

0.35*

0.3

0.26

Total bilirubin

saliva

0.24

0.57***

0.34*

 

0.36**

0.37**

0.49***

(μmol/L)

plasma

0.19

0.3

0.08

0.37*

0.51***

0.60***

0.39*

Total proteins

saliva

0.67***

0.69***

0.61***

0.36**

 

0.75***

0.61***

(g/L)

plasma

0.32*

0.34*

0.35*

0.18

0.34*

0.29

0.26

Phosphorus

saliva

0.61***

0.71***

0.52***

0.37**

0.75***

 

0.48***

(mmol/L)

plasma

0.06

−0.08

0.07

−0.16

0.18

0.1

0.19

Amylase

saliva

0.26

0.45**

0.37**

0.49***

0.61***

0.48***

 

(IU/L)

plasma

−0.30

−0.24

−0.45*

−0.02

0.26

0.14

0.24

  1. Asterisk indicates statistically significant difference between comparisons
  2. gGT γ-glutamyl transferase, CK creatine kinase, sAA salivary alpha-amylase
  3. Asterisk indicates statistically significant correlations (*: P < 0.05; **: P < 0.01; ***: P < 0.001)
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