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Table 2.

Mean values (± SD) recorded in the three groups of cats

	Controls (C) (n=24)	FCoV-exposed (FE) (n=11)	FIP(F) (n=32)	ANOVA	Tukey HSD test			Reference values
	Controls (C) (n=24)	FCoV-exposed (FE) (n=11)	FIP(F) (n=32)	ANOVA	*	**	***	Reference values
Total proteins (g/dL)	7.69±0.83	7.86±0.67	8.27±1.49	n.s.				5.4–7.8^a
A/G ratio	1.03±0.24	0.97±0.32	0.47±0.25	***			F vs. C,FE	0.45–1.19^a
Albumins (g/dL)	3.83±0.57	3.91±0.99	2.43±0.46	***			F vs. C, FE	2.1–3.3^a
Globulins (g/dL)	3.86±0.74	4.29±1.21	5.85±1.57	***		F vs. FE	F vs. C	2.6–5.1^a
α₁-Globulins (g/dL)	0.55±0.34	0.64±0.26	0.53±0.28	n.s.				0.2–1.1^a
α₂-Globulins (g/dL)	0.71±0.33	0.54±0.21	1.16±0.43	***			F vs. C, FE	0.4–0.9^a
β-Globulins (g/dL)	0.76±0.18	0.82±0.39	1.09±0.51	**		F vs. C		0.9–1.9^a
γ-Globulins (g/dL)	1.84±0.57	2.29±0.87	3.07±1.41	***			F vs. C	2.5–4.1^b
Serum amyloid A (μg/mL)	10.21±8.32 (n=17)	7.92±7.12 (n=7)	82.88±50.23 (n=26)	***			F vs. C, FE	16.6±11.4^c
Haptoglobin (mg/mL)	1.30±0.64	1.80±0.83	2.13±0.73	***	F vs. FE		F vs. C	0.04–3.84^d
α₁-Acid glycoprotein (mg/mL)	1.20±0.62 (n=22)	1.19±0.49 (n=11)	2.72±1.46 (n=29)	***			F vs. C, FE	0.1–0.48^d
Immunoglobulin G (g/dL)	1.73±1.8 (n=7)	n.d.	2.25±3.09 (n=30)	n.s.				0.4–2.00^e
Immunoglobulin M (g/dL)	0.63±0.63 (n=7)	n.d.	0.36±0.31 (n=30)	n.s.				0.03–0.15^e

*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001; n.d.=not determined; n.s.=not significant.