Table 1.

The serum amyloid A (SAA) concentration in age-matched healthy cats and cats with various diseases.

Diagnosis	No.	SAA Concentration		Healthy vs Disease Cat
		Median (μg/mL)	IQR (μg/mL)	p Value
Age-matched-healthy cats	n = 45	0	0–0.004
Upper respiratory tract infections	n = 41	141.4	17.9–155.4	<0.001
Pneumonia	n = 14	134.3	12.5–168.7	<0.001
Gingivostomatitis	n = 37	1.3	0–52.8	<0.001
Gastroenteritis	n = 59	0.3	0–29.0	<0.001
Pancreatitis	n = 20	3.9	0–138.1	0.003
Hepatitis/cholangitis	n = 8	12.0	0–123.5	0.005
Chronic kidney disease	n = 83	0.03	0–5.9	0.002
Lower urinary tract diseases	n = 51	0	0–53.8	0.02
Pyometra	n = 7	154.8	0.1–182.4	0.001
Ketoacidosis	n = 8	4.1	0.3–60.5	<0.001
Feline infectious peritonitis	n = 5	143.9	69.8–147.5	<0.001
Traumatic diseases	n = 35	123.9	18.8–152.3	<0.001
Solid tumor	n = 19	0.3	0–10.7	0.005
Round cell tumor	n = 30	0.5	0–42.7	0.005
Cardiomyopathy	n = 9	0	0–2.9	0.88
Hyperthyroidism	n = 13	0	0–20.4	0.54
Diabetes mellitus	n = 5	0	0–0.8	0.62