Table 2.

Mean (M), standard deviation (SD), and confidential interval (CI) of positive and negative acute-phase proteins in exposed dogs and animals affected by a canine leishmaniosis active form.

	Exposed (n = 10)		Active form (n = 26)
	M ±SD or %	C.I. (95%)	M ±SD or %	C.I. (95%)
Albumin	2.96 ± 0.27	2.84 to 3.08	2.56 ± 0.38	2.41 to 2.72
Albumin (%)		0.02 to 0.56		0.40 to 0.80
≥2.80 g/dl	8 (80.00)		10 (38.46)
<2.80 g/dl	2 (20.00)		16 (61.54)
Globulins	3.39 ± 0.25	3.21 to 3.57	4.53 ± 0.19	4.15 to 4.91
Globulins (%)		0.00 to 0.31		0.48 to 0.86
≤3.90 g/dl	10 (100.00)		8 (30.77)
>3.90 g/dl	0 (0.00)		18 (69.23)
CRP	0.08 ± 0.13	−0.01 to 0.18	0.83 ± 0.23	0.36 to 1.30
CRP (%)		0.00 to 0.31		0.26 to 0.67
≤0.45 mg/dl	10 (100.00)		14 (53.85)
>0.45 mg/dl	0 (0.00)		12 (46.15)
Ferritin	160.50 ± 42.10	130.38 to 190.62	378.65 ± 39.92	296.44 to 460.86
Ferritin (%)		0.00 to 0.31		0.37 to 0.77
≤270.0 ng/ml	10 (100.00)		11 (42.31)
>270.0 ng/ml	0 (0.00)		15 (57.69)
Fibrinogen	219.20 ± 115.48	136.59 to 301.81	346.44 ± 121.10	296.45 to 396.43
Fibrinogen (%)		0.002 to 0.44		0.31 to 0.72
≤335.0 mg/dl	9 (90.00)		12 (48.00)
>335.0 mg/dl	1 (10.00)		13 (52.00)

As mean and standard deviation for continuous variable, percentage (%) for categorical.

C.I. (95%), Confidential Interval at 95%; CRP, C-Reactive Protein.