Table 1.

Mean values and range (Max-Min) of each lung scoring system within each dichotomous clinical variable

Lung score	Clinical variables
	Mortality prior to the end of the study		Fever		Inappetence
	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
SPES	3.8a	1.2b	1.7a	0.1b	2.3a	0.7b
	(4-3)	(4-0)	(4-0)	(1-0)	(4-0)	(3-0)
LLS	17.6a	3.1b	6.9a	0.1b	8.1a	1.4b
	(31.4-10.7)	(20.9-0)	(31.5-0)	(1.4-0)	(31.5-0)	(7.7-0)
IA	53.3a	10.9b	22.3a	0.6b	26.2a	5.3b
	(88.4-34.1)	(54.5-0)	(88.4-0)	(5.9-0)	(88.4-0)	(32.3-0)
LW/BW	0.9a	1.1a	1.2a	1.0a	1.4a*	1.0a*
	(0.9-0.9)	(2.3-0.1)	(2.3-0.1)	(1.4-0.7)	(2.3-0.7)	(1.7-0.1)

SPES: Slaughterhouse Pleurisy Evaluation System; LLS: Consolidation Lung Lesion Score; IA: Image analyses; LW/BW: Ratio of lung weight/body weight. Different letter in superscript means statistically significant differences within a given clinical variable (p < 0.05).

*p = 0.07.