Table 2.
Total white blood cell differential and platelet counts in venous blood samples of non-brachycephalic (n = 22) and brachycephalic dogs (n = 18).
| Parameter | Reference | BC group Median*/mean | Lower-upper IQR*or SD | N | NC group Median*/mean | Lower-upper IQR*SD | N | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leukocytes, x10E3/μL | 4.74–11.3 | 8.52 | 5.33–10.71 | 18 | 8.62* | 7.57–11.22 | 22 | 0.355 |
| Neutrophils, x10E9/L | 2.54–7.44 | 5.39 | 3.52–6.73 | 18 | 5.01* | 3.98–5.92 | 22 | 0.87 |
| Lymphocytes, x10E9/L | 1.154–3.4 | 2.09 | 0.99 | 18 | 3.08 | 1.38 | 22 | 0.015 |
| Neutrophil/ lymphocyte ratio | 2.63 | 1.75–4.85 | 18 | 1.72 | 1.15–2.43 | 22 | 0.009 | |
| Eosinophils, x10E9/L | 0.124–1.29 | 0.23 | 0.16–0.48 | 18 | 0.58* | 0.40–0.89 | 22 | 0.02 |
| Basophils, x10E9/L | 04–0.08 | 0.02 | 0.007–0.022 | 18 | 0.02* | 0.010–0.02 | 22 | 0.93 |
| Monocytes, x10E9/L | 0.24–0.92 | 0.59 | 0.35 | 18 | 0.68 | 0.24 | 22 | 0.35 |
| Platelets, x10E9/L | 1304–394 | 555 | 340–751 | 17 | 456 | 307–564 | 22 | 0.15 |
| Thrombocrit % | 0.14–0.61 | 0.29 | 0.17–0.41 | 17 | 0.24 | 0.19–0.31 | 22 | 0.24 |
Normality Shapiro–Wilk test performed. If the distribution was proven normal, it was followed by a Student's t-test statistics (means and SD shown). If normality test was failing, *Mann–Whitney rank sum test was performed. Shown in the table are the medians and the lower-upper interquartile ranges (IQR). P values below 0.05 signifying the statistically significant differences between the BC and NC groups are highlighted in bold.