Table 1.

Results from the univariable analysis between septic and SIRS dogs.

Parameter	Reference interval	Septic group (n = 57)	SIRS group (n = 57)	p-value
WBC (K/μL)	5.05–16.7	16.5 (7.9–30.2)	21.06 (12.9–30.2)	0.10
Segmented neutrophils (K/μL)	3.7–11.9	12.0 (5.1–21.1)	17.63 (10–23.4)	0.02
Band neutrophils (K/μL)	0	0.4 (0–2.6)	0.42 (0–1)	0.32
Lymphocytes (K/μL)	0.7–5.1	0.92 (0.4–1.8)	0.84 (0.18–1.8)	0.31
Monocytes (K/μL)	0.2–1.7	1.26 (0.56–3)	1.74 (0.9–2.9)	0.44
PLT (K/μL)	148–484	264 (61–361.5)	182 (89.5–281.5)	0.15
MPV (fL)	8.7–13.2	10.3 (8.9–11.6)	9.65 (8.4–10.9)	0.08
Presence of toxic neutrophils	Absent	15/57 (26%)	5/57 (8.7%)	0.01*
NLR	NA	10.97 (4.8–21.4)	14.97 (10–23.4)	0.04
NBNLR	NA	0.04 (0–0.2)	0.02 (0–0.13)	0.66
PLR	NA	214 (58.4–457.3)	180.2 (52–374.7)	0.58
MLR	NA	1.27 (0.8–2.8)	1.72 (0.7–3)	0.53

All p-values were obtained using Mann-Whitney U-test and all continuous parameters are reported as median and 25th−75th percentile in brackets. P-values in bold characters resulted statistically significant.

^*Chi-square test. NA, not applicable (RI for these parameters has not been validated in dogs).