TABLE 2.

Sample characteristics and basic clinical variables for the study sample consisting of dogs with IE (n = 29), MMVD (n = 27), and IMD (n = 16)

	IE	MMVD	IMD	P value
Number of dogs	29	27	16
Male (%)	15 (52%)	21 (78%)	8 (50%)	.08
Age (years)	7.05 (1.86‐12.01)	7.84 (3.07‐13.59)	4.47 (1.01‐12.24)	.007
BW (>15 kg)	21 (72.4%)	3 (11/.1%)	9 (56.3%)	<.001
Temperature >39.4°C (%)	18 (62%)	0 (0%)	8 (50%)	<.001
cTnI (ng/mL)	0.69 (0.03‐80.8)	0.05 (0.02‐0.11)	0.05 (0.03‐0.57)	<.001

Abbreviations: BW, body weight; cTnI, serum cardiac troponin‐I; IE, infective endocarditis; IMD, immune mediated disease; MMVD, myxomatous mitral valve disease; RT, rectal temperature.