Table 5.

Relationship between ESR and other laboratory parameters in blood samples of dogs in the group of INFECTED (57 samples), SICK (43 samples), and OTHER DISEASE (65 samples), as determined through the Spearman rank correlation test.

ESR vs. Parameters	INFECTED		SICK		OTHER DISEASE
	rho	p	rho	p	rho	p
Hematocrit	−0.608	***	−0.741	***	−0.384	***
WBC	0.010	ns	0.212	ns	−0.179	ns
Bands	0.096	ns	0.323	*	0.388	***
CRP	0.247	ns	0.210	ns	0.374	**
Fibrinogen	0.175	ns	0.524	***	0.449	***
Iron	0.046	ns	−0.465	**	0.109	ns
UIBC	−0.093	ns	−0.200	ns	−0.278	*
Ferritin	−0.109	ns	0.228	ns	0.163	ns
Haptoglobin	0.070	ns	−0.069	ns	0.213	ns
Total proteins	−0.030	ns	−0.019	ns	0.172	ns
Albumin	−0.113	ns	−0.530	***	−0.234	ns
A/G	−0.005	ns	−0.359	*	−0.363	**
SPE gamma	0.225	ns	0.297	ns	0.180	ns
IgG	0.019	ns	0.157	ns	0.125	ns
IgM	0.188	ns	0.052	ns	0.050	ns

Legend: ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; WBC, total leukocyte count; CRP, C-reactive protein; UIBC, unsaturated iron binding capacity; A/G, albumin–globulin ratio; SPE gamma, gamma globulin in serum protein electrophoresis; IgG, immunoglobulin G; IgM, immunoglobulin M; ns, not significant; negative values indicate a negative correlation (values of this parameter were increased in parallel to the decrease in ESR values); positive values indicate a positive correlation (values of this parameter were increased in parallel to the increase in ESR); * p < 0.05 and 0.01; ** p < 0.01 and 0.001; *** p < 0.001.