TABLE 1.

Characteristics of CE and healthy control cats by sex, age, weight, body condition score, breed, FCEAI, and cobalamin concentrations.

	CE (n = 10)	Controls (n = 19)
Age (years), median (range)	9.5 (2‐17)	9 (4‐16)
Weight (kg), median (range)	4.74 (2.67‐6.53)	4.80 (3.80‐6.50)
Body condition score, median (range)	4.5 (3‐6)	5 (5‐7)
Sex	5 males, 5 females	11 males, 8 females
Breed	3 DSH, 2 DMH, 2 Devon Rex, 1 Burmese, 1 Birman, 1 Norwegian Forest	14 DSH, 2 DMH, 2 sphynx, 1 Birman
FCEAI, median (range)	4.5 (4–6) a	‐
Cobalamin (ng/L) Median (range)	972 (<203‐2232) b (RI: 339‐1626)	‐

Abbreviation: RI, reference interval.

^a Only the 4 cats with endoscopic biopsies had FCEAI score, other 6 cats had surgical biopsy.

^b Cobalamin only available in 9 cats.