TABLE 3.

Biomarker levels of healthy cats and cats with viral gingivostomatitis (median, min–max).

Parameters	Healthy cats (n: 15)	Cats with viral gingivostomatitis (n: 34)	p value
ET‐1 (ng/L)	42.45 (14.37–56.65)	68.24 (34.78–157.34)	0.000
SDC‐1 (ng/mL)	3.76 (1.29–5.57)	4.76 (2.89–9.87)	0.001
MPO‐ANCA (ng/mL)	4.67 (3.27–9.65)	5.97 (3.09–13.65)	0.656
İL‐6 (ng/L)	112.78 (32.97–145.35)	117.49 (52.37–296.45)	0.340

Note: Significance level was accepted as p < 0.05.

Abbreviations: ET‐1, endothelin‐1; IL‐6, interleukin‐6; MPO‐ANCA, myeloperoxidase‐ANCA; SDC‐1, syndecan‐1.