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Table 3 Pertinent parameters from the serum biochemistry profile in 62 dogs diagnosed with hyperadrenocorticism. MW: Mann-Whitney Wilcoxon test

From: Serum cholesterol disturbances in dogs with common endocrinopathies at the time of diagnosis: a retrospective study

Serum parameters

Reference interval (R.I.)

Median, range

% Below R.I.

% Above R.I.

Cholesterol (mg/dL or mmol/L)

104–228 mg/dL

2.7–5.9 mmol/L

309 (151–630) mg/dL

8.0 (3.9–16.3) mmol/L

0%

81% (50/62)

Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) (U/L)

9–90 U/L

540 (25-5471)

0%

92% (57/62)

Alanine transaminase (ALT) (U/L)

19–59 U/L

125 (4-2187)

2% (1/62)

73% (45/62)

Urea (mg/dL or mmol/L)

9.8–31.9 mg/dL

3.5–11.4 mmol/L

17.5 (7.3–48.7) mg/dL

6.25 (2.6–17.4) mmol/L

3% (2/62)

8% (5/62)

Creatinine (mg/dL or µmol/L)

0.46–1.37 mg/dL

41–121 µmol/L

0.7 (0.2–1.5) mg/dL

61 (17–130) µmol/L

11% (7/62)

2% (1/62)

Lipase (U/L)

0-701 U/L

153 (34-3281)

0%

18% (10/56)