Figure 1.

Box and whisker plot showing blood glucose concentrations in screening samples (collected immediately after entry to the consultation room from pinna or pad) from the cat’s first study visit, traditional method (jugular venous sample collected after history and taking and physical examination) and after fasting (sampled from pinna or pad after overnight hospitalisation) from 71 cats 8 years of age or older that had all three samples collected. All samples were tested using a portable glucose meter. (Medians are shown as thick horizontal lines; interquartile ranges and 25th and 75th percentiles are shown by boxes; values more than 1.5 interquartile ranges above the 75th percentile or below the 25th percentiles are each shown as diamonds; error bars show ranges for all less extreme values)