Table 2.

L. infantum PCR results were found to be significantly associated with Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) infection, with higher values of Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) and Neutrophils (NEUTR), and with low values of Hematocrit (HCT), Red blood cells (RBC), and Hemoglobin (Hb). Western blot (WB) positivity was instead positively associated with concurrent Mycoplasma spp. infection. The data of each covariate are summarized in the table.

WB Associate Covariates
Qualitative variables		Number of WB positive cats	Number of WB negative cats	p	odds ratio (OR)	Confidence interval (CI 95%)
Mycoplasma spp.	Pos	4	5	0.02	4.39	1.078–18.63
	Neg	15	84
PCR associated covariates
Qualitative variables		Number of PCR positive cats	Number of PCR negative cats	p	OR	CI 95%
FIV	Pos	23	18	0.003	3. 83	1.56–9.41
	Neg	12	36
Quantitative variables		Mean value (min-max)		p	OR	CI 95%
BUN	PCR pos	119 (18–600)		0.047	1.78	1.38–6.27
	PCR neg	93 (5.59–583)
NEUTR	PCR pos	10.84 (0.21–37.5)		0.050	2.01	1.03–9.58
	PCR neg	8.30 (0.33–22.12)
HCT	PCR pos	18.37 (4.6–43.4)		0.032	0.86	0.05–0.46
	PCR neg	24.94 (4.2–73.4)
RBC	PCR pos	4.04 (0.95–10.12)		0.048	0.78	0.01–0.95
	PCR neg	5.34 (1.04–11.65)
Hb	PCR pos	6.15 (1.6–14.3)		0.050	0.81	0.04–0.93
	PCR neg	8.18 (1.7–27.1)