Evaluation of selected inflammatory markers in cats with feline infectious peritonitis before and after therapy

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Table 3 Haematological parameters and haemogram-derived inflammatory markers before and after treatment of FIP

Haematological parameters	Before treatment	After treatment	p
WBC (× 10⁹/L); n = 30	11.50; 8.43–18.60	10.60; 8.93–12.1	0.047
RBC^a (× 10¹²/L); n = 30	7.11 ± 1.57	9.94 ± 1.16	< 0.001
HCT^a (L/L); n = 29	0.276 ± 0.059	0.394 ± 0.051	< 0.001
HGB^a (g/L); n = 30	91.1 ± 20.4	131.2 ± 14.0	< 0.001
NEUT (× 10⁹/L); n = 30	10.94; 5.81–17.17	4.83; 4.17–6.05	< 0.001
LYMPH (× 10⁹/L); n = 30	1.48; 1.01–2.48	3.98; 2.91–6.09	< 0.001
MONO (× 10⁹/L); n = 30	0.390; 0.143–0.643	0.210; 0.130–0.308	0.016
PLT (× 10⁹/L); n = 23	248; 163–346	400; 283–432	0.006
NLR; n = 30	7.43; 4.03–10.28	1.16; 0.78–1.58	< 0.001
LMR; n = 27	6.33; 1.75–12.25	18.50; 14.19–26.35	< 0.001
PLR; n = 23	144.2; 92.1–246.3	91.7; 67.4–120.5	0.013
SII (× 10⁹/L); n = 23	2160.4; 869.3–3158.4	431.5; 247.5–749.0	< 0.001

WBC white blood cell count; RBC red blood cell count; HGB haemoglobin concentration; HCT haematocrit; NEUT neutrophil concentration; LYMPH lymphocyte concentration; MONO monocyte concentration; PLT platelet concentration; NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; LMR lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio; PLR platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio; SII systemic immune-inflammatory index; n number of data included in the statistical analysis
^avalues reported as mean ± standard deviation, other parameters are reported as median and IQR (25 th to 75 th percentile); p < 0.05 (bold), significant difference before vs after treatment

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