Table 7 Spearman correlation coefficients (r) and significance level between saliva and serum (n = 110).

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

 

r

95% CI

p value

Stress

   

AA

0.049

−0.145–0.239

0.614

BChE

−0.075

−0.264–0.119

0.434

Immune system

  

ADA

0.232

0.042–0.407

0.015

IgG

0.433

0.231–0.610

< 0.001

Inflammation

  

CRP

0.301

0.115–0.467

0.001

Hp

0.274

0.070–0.456

0.008

TP

0.052

−0.142–0.242

0.591

MPO

0.040

−0.153–0.231

0.675

Ferritin

0.183

−0.042–0.390

0.099

Redox status

  

AOPP

−0.106

−0.293–0.088

0.270

FRAS

−0.093

−0.281–0.101

0.332

Tissue damage

  

AST

0.065

−0.129–0.254

0.500

CK

−0.035

−0.226–0.158

0.714

LDH

0.179

−0.014–0.359

0.061

Routine

   

ALP

0.137

−0.057–0.321

0.153

gGT

0.048

−0.146–0.238

0.619

Urea

0.519

0.363–0.647

< 0.001

Triglycerides

0.107

−0.088–0.293

0.268

Ca

0.283

0.096–0.451

0.003

P

0.150

−0.044–0.333

0.117

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