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19.3; 95% CI, 2.0-184.0; P=0.006) were still classified as hyperlipidemic by lipoprotein<br />

profile analysis, while the majority of the dogs of this group (56%) were classified as<br />

normal. Logistic regression analysis of the baseline lipoprotein profiles (before the diet<br />

change) of dogs that eventually responded and dogs that did not respond to the diet<br />

change showed that dogs that responded to the diet change could be separated with 88%<br />

accuracy from the ones that did not respond, based on lipoprotein profile analysis even<br />

before the diet change. Dogs that did not respond to the diet change tended to have lower<br />

LDL fractions (mainly LDL 1 and LDL 2 ) and higher HDL fractions (mainly HDL 2a ,<br />

HDL 3b , and HDL 3c ) than the ones that responded.<br />

The aims of the last part of the study were: a) to measure serum triglyceride and<br />

cholesterol concentrations in dogs with naturally occurring pancreatitis and compare<br />

them with those of healthy dogs, and b) to determine the lipoprotein profiles of dogs<br />

with naturally occurring pancreatitis and compare them with those of healthy dogs.<br />

Seventeen dogs with pancreatitis and 53 healthy control dogs were enrolled. There was<br />

no statistically significant difference in the proportion of dogs that had<br />

hypertriglyceridemia between dogs with pancreatitis (18%) and healthy controls (7.5%;<br />

P=0.35). However, there was a statistically significant difference in serum triglyceride<br />

concentrations between dogs with pancreatitis (median: 67 mg/dL; range: 48 – 324<br />

mg/dL) and dogs healthy control dogs (median: 54 mg/dL; range: 26 – 257 mg/dL;<br />

P=0.0026). There was a statistically significant difference in the proportion of dogs that<br />

had hypercholesterolemia between dogs with pancreatitis (Group 1) and healthy control<br />

dogs (P=0.011). However, there was no statistically significant difference in serum

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