Table 1.
Mean (M), standard deviation (SD), and confidential interval (CI) of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) as well as number and percentage of dogs with altered ESR level in healthy dogs, exposed dogs, and animals affected by a canine leishmaniosis (CanL) active form.
| Parameters* | Status | Comparisonsψ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy (n = 22) (a) | Exposed (n = 10) (b) | Active form (n = 26) (c) | p-Value∧ | (b) vs. (a) | (c) vs. (a) | (c) vs. (b) | |
| ESR | 9.09 ± 7.97 (5.56 to 12.62)§ | 9.50 ± 3.31 (7.13 to 11.87)§ | 23.11 ± 16.07 (16.62 to 29.61)§ | 0.0001¥ | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.01 |
| ESR (%) | 0.43 to 0.84§ | 0.30 to 0.90§ | −0.02 to 0.18 § | <0.001∧ | 0.99 | <0.001 | 0.007 |
| 0–10 mm/h | 14 (63.64) | 6 (60.00) | 2 (7.69) | ||||
| >10 mm/h | 8 (36.36) | 4 (40.00) | 24 (92.31) | ||||
*
Reported as: Mean and Standard Deviation (M ± SD) for continuous variables, and proportions for categorical.
§
Confidential Interval at 95%.
¥
Kruskal–Wallis test.
∧
Fisher's Test.
ψ
p-value for comparisons on ANOVA, or p-value for pairwise comparisons of proportions, with Bonferroni adjustments.