Table 1.

Associations of 1/haptoglobin^a concentration with eimeriosis related signs, diagnosis, gender and age in Finnish dairy calves.

Variable	n	Estimate	95% CI	p value	Wald test p value
Eimeriosis signs					0.15
No signs	36	0
Weak signs	22	2.21	0.055; 4.36	0.04
Moderate signs	25	1.64	−0.32; 3.54	0.10
Strong signs	9	0.54	−2.65; 3.74	0.74
Signs of disease					0.01
Healthy	52	0
Diarrhoea	20	−1.19	−3.44; 1.06	0.30
Respiratory infection	9	−3.83	−6.76; −0.91	0.01
Umbilical inflammation	9	−3.33	−5.99; −0.67	0.01
Joint problem	2	−4.26	−9.68; 1.17	0.12
Gender					0.005
Female	74	0
Male	18	2.75	0.79; 4.72	0.01
Age (days)	92	0.06	−0.001; 0.13	0.052

p values showing significance difference (p = 0.05) are bolded.

^aTo normalise the data Hp values were divided from 1, so a negative estimate means a positive effect.