Table 2.

Comparison of serum c-reactive protein, haptoglobin, and serum amyloid-A concentrations as well as the granulocyte/monocyte phagocytic and oxidative burst capacities in dogs fed a whole food diet or extruded dry diet in a cross-over study design.

Variable	Whole food diet (n = 16)	Extruded dry diet (n = 16)	P-value
C-reactive protein (ng/mL)	46.4 (45.7)	42.0 (39)	0.14
Haptoglobin (g/L)	0.25 (0.67)	0.24 (0.42)	0.42
Serum amyloid-A (μg/mL)	0.87 (0.70)	0.83 (0.30)	0.78
Phagocytosis (%)	51.5 (29.8)	60.9 (36.4)	0.11
Phagocytosis (MFI)	6,475 (1,979.4)	5,613 (2,126)	0.82
Oxidative burst (%)	60.2 (23.6)	62 (11.5)	0.90
Oxidative burst (MFI)	1,527.1 (792.2)	1,286.9 (840.5)	0.82

Data presented as median (interquartile range).

MFI, mean fluorescent intensity.