Table 1.
Classification criteria for Equine Metabolic Syndrome.
| Clinical Parameters | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Group | Sex | Bw (kg) | BCS [1–9] | CNS [1–5] | Fasting insulin (mU/mL) | LEP (ng/mL) | CGIT:GLU in 45 min (mg/dL) |
| 1 | Healthy | F | 610 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3.21 | 74/n |
| 2 | F | 644 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4.12 | 69/n | |
| 3 | F | 627 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2.87 | 71/n | |
| 4 | M | 609 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1.86 | 89/n | |
| 5 | M | 649 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 3.56 | 80/n | |
| 6 | M | 639 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 2.91 | 74/n | |
| Mean ± SD | 629.7 ± 15.7 | 6.5 ± 0.5 | 1.7 ± 0.5 | 10.5 ± 2.6 | 3.1 ± 0.7 | 76.2 ± 6.7 | ||
| 1 | EMS | F | 710 | 8 | 3 | 83 | 4.89 | 138/p |
| 2 | F | 726 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 5.19 | 141/p | |
| 3 | F | 760 | 9 | 4 | 98 | 9.12 | 140/p | |
| 4 | M | 709 | 8 | 3 | 73 | 8.49 | 136/p | |
| 5 | M | 716 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 7.27 | 134/p | |
| 6 | M | 746 | 9 | 4 | 82 | 8.36 | 146/p | |
| Mean ± SD | 727.8 ± 19.1 | 8.5 ± 0.5 | 3.5 ± 0.5 | 78.7 ± 10.5 | 7.2 ± 1.6 | 139.2 ± 3.8 | ||
F: female; M: male; Bw: body weight; BCS: body condition score; CNS: cresty neck score; CGIT: combined glucose-insulin test; SD: standard deviation; LEP: leptin; GLU: glucose; p: positive test results; n: negative test results.