Table 6 Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses for discriminating diseased animals (A. pp infected, n = 20) from healthy animals (T1, n = 30). The area under the curve (AUC) is expressed followed by standard error within parenthesis. CI: confidence interval.

From: Effect of age and disease on saliva and serum biomarkers of stress, inflammation, immunity, redox and general health status in pigs

 

SALIVA

SERUM

 

AUC

p value

95% CI

AUC

p value

95% CI

Stress

      

AA

0.747 (0.077)

0.003

0.597–0.897

0.590 (0.084)

0.285

0.425–0.755

BChE

0.669 (0.078)

0.044

0.516–0.823

0.835 (0.058)

< 0.001

0.722–0.948

Immune system

     

ADA

0.932 (0.037)

< 0.001

0.859–1.000

0.511 (0.091)

0.898

0.333–0.689

IgG

0.960 (0.031)

< 0.001

0.899–1.000

0.997 (0.005)

< 0.001

0.988–1.000

Inflammation

     

CRP

0.802 (0.080)

< 0.001

0.645–0.958

0.903 (0.057)

< 0.001

0.792–1.000

Hp

0.843 (0.065)

< 0.001

0.715–0.971

0.938 (0.043)

< 0.001

0.853–1.000

TP

0.717 (0.083)

0.010

0.553–0.880

0.943 (0.049)

< 0.001

0.847–1.000

MPO

0.735 (0.079)

0.005

0.581–0.889

0.582 (0.083)

0.332

0.420–0.744

Ferritin

0.759 (0.079)

0.003

0.604–0.913

0.902 (0.042)

< 0.001

0.819–0.986

Redox status

     

AOPP

0.903 (0.047)

< 0.001

0.811–0.996

0.738 (0.073)

0.005

0.595–0.882

UA

0.612 (0.084)

0.185

0.446–0.777

   

FRAS

0.852 (0.063)

< 0.001

0.729–0.975

0.709 (0.079)

0.013

0.555–0.863

Tissue damage

     

AST

0.865 (0.054)

< 0.001

0.760–0.970

0.512 (0.091)

0.890

0.334–0.689

CK

0.520 (0.091)

0.812

0.343–0.697

0.565 (0.090)

0.440

0.389–0.741

LDH

0.912 (0.044)

< 0.001

0.825–0.998

0.578 (0.090)

0.352

0.402–0.755

Routine

      

ALP

0.656 (0.083)

0.064

0.494–0.818

0.927 (0.041)

< 0.001

0.846–1.000

gGT

0.565 (0.084)

0.440

0.400–0.730

0.608 (0.088)

0.198

0.435–0.782

Urea

0.947 (0.048)

< 0.001

0.853–1.000

0.961 (0.024)

< 0.001

0.913–1.000

Triglycerides

0.788 (0.071)

0.001

0.650–0.927

0.682 (0.085)

0.031

0.516–0.848

Ca

0.890 (0.047)

< 0.001

0.798–0.982

0.668 (0.085)

0.045

0.502–0.835

P

0.709 (0.075)

0.013

0.562–0.857

0.687 (0.089)

0.027

0.512–0.861