Metabolic Differences between Dogs of Different Body Sizes

Table 2

Clinical measures with adjusted value < 0.05 between small dogs and dogs of larger body size.

Clinical measure	Mean small	SEM small	Mean larger	SEM larger	Adj. P
DEXA tissue (gm)	9135.12	401.87	25392	569.82
DEXA lean (gm)	6884.76	308.56	17942.89	491.91
DEXA bone mineral content (gm)	379.58	15.99	1009.06	24.88
Weight (gm)	9486.15	421.58	31768.72	1302.21
DEXA fat (gm)	2250.42	145.25	7449.06	427.25
DEXA total mass (kg)	9.51	0.42	26.40	0.59
Bone density (gm/cm^2)	0.65	0.01	0.78	0.01
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	0.64	0.02	0.86	0.02
Serum creatine kinase (IU/L)	263.88	33.51	154.04	21.37
Serum potassium (mmol/L)	4.31	0.05	4.65	0.05
Serum total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.10	0.01	0.13	0.01	0.02
Serum aspartate transaminase (U/L)	35.68	1.99	27.91	1.07	0.02
Serum gamma-glutamyltransferase (g/dL)	6.93	0.43	5.94	0.36	0.02
Serum total antioxidant status (mmol/L)	1.49	0.03	1.60	0.02	0.03
Serum T3 (nmol/L)	1.06	0.04	0.94	0.03	0.04
Protein digestibility (percentage)	88.00	0.38	86.00	0.57	0.01

Mean, standard error of the mean (SEM), and adjusted P values are shown. DEXA, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; T3, total triiodothyronine.