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. 2021 Nov 30;9(12):1416. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9121416

Table 3.

Correlation between piglet survival, piglet body weight at challenge, and levels of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and neutralizing antibody (NABs) titers in sow milk and serum.

Predictor p-Value Odds Ratio 95% Lower Limit Odds Ratio 95% Upper Limit
Standardized Weight 0.001 1.96 6.11
Standardized Milk GM-CSF 0.02 0.05 0.72
Standardized Sera GM-CSF 0.27 0.68 4.01
Milk NABs 0.001 3.71 65.89
Sera NABs 0.38 0.11 2.18

Variables with p ≤ 0.05 are significant predictors of piglet survivability. Cytokine levels were standardized such that a value of one indicates a GM-CSF level one standard deviation above average. Milk NAB titers greater than or equal to 40 and sera NAB titers were greater than or equal to a titer of 20 were used as the cut-off values.