Table 3.
Disease comparison in dogs with marked versus moderate basophilia.
| Disease | Marked Basophilia (n = 65) |
Moderate Basophilia (n = 159) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proportion | n | Proportion | n | p Value | |
| Inflammation | 51% | 33 | 70% | 112 | 0.009 |
| Eosinophilic lung disease | 15% | 10 | 9% | 15 | 0.24 |
| Parasitic disease | 3% | 2 | 8% | 12 | 0.36 |
| IBD | 5% | 3 | 6% | 10 | 0.76 |
| IMHA | 0% | 0 | 7% | 11 | 0.04 |
| Bronchitis | 2% | 1 | 4% | 6 | 0.68 |
| GI perforation | 3% | 2 | 3% | 4 | 1 |
| Pancreatitis | 2% | 0 | 3% | 5 | 0.33 |
| Pemphigus foliaceus | 3% | 2 | 2% | 3 | 0.63 |
| Other inflammatory conditions | 20% | 13 | 29% | 46 | 0.19 |
| Neoplasia | 48% | 31 | 26% | 41 | 0.003 |
| Lymphoma | 17% | 11 | 8% | 12 | 0.051 |
| Mast cell tumor | 9% | 6 | 9% | 15 | 1 |
| Leukemia/MPNs | 6% | 4 | 3% | 5 | 0.29 |
| Mesenchymal neoplasia | 8% | 5 | 2% | 3 | 0.048 |
| Epithelial neoplasia | 5% | 3 | 3% | 4 | 0.42 |
| Other neoplasia | 3% | 2 | 3% | 2 | 0.58 |
| Other | 2% | 1 | 3% | 6 | 0.68 |