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Phase II, 24 residual serum samples (collected August 2022 through February 2023) from client-owned dogs with PHPT pre- and postcorrection of hypercalcemia.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sc_a3\">\n<jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Serum cPLI and iCa concentrations were measured via the Spec cPL assay and a spectrophotometric method respectively. Spearman\u2019s rank correlation coefficients were used to investigate if there was a correlation between serum calcium and cPLI concentrations. A paired t-test was used to investigate the effect of the resolution of hypercalcemia on serum cPLI concentrations.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sc_a4\">\n<jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Phase I, serum cPLI concentrations were negatively correlated with serum iCa concentrations (r = \u2212.429, 95% CI [\u2212.64, \u2212.14], <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .005) in dogs with a clinical indication for cPLI quantification. Phase II, median serum cPLI concentrations were higher before (median: 228.5 \u03bcg\/L, IQR: 351.3 \u03bcg\/L) than after (median: 141.0 \u03bcg\/L, interquartile ranges (IQR): 279.5 \u03bcg\/L) management of hypercalcemia (PHPT model). However, the decrease in cPLI concentration was not statistically significant (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .70).<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>\n<jats:sec id=\"sc_a5\">\n<jats:title>CLINICAL RELEVANCE<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>Calcium depletion may result in an inverse relationship between serum cPLI and iCa concentrations in dogs with a clinical indication for cPLI quantification. Hypercalcemia may be associated with an above reference interval cPLI concentration in some dogs.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2460\/ajvr.23.07.0160","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,15]],"date-time":"2023-09-15T12:39:56Z","timestamp":1694781596000},"page":"1-5","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Serum calcium concentrations are inversely correlated with pancreatic lipase concentrations in dogs"],"prefix":"10.2460","author":[{"given":"Harry","family":"Cridge","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sichao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Statistical Training and Consulting, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joerg M.","family":"Steiner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gastrointestinal Laboratory, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1272","reference":[{"key":"B1","series-title":"J Vet Intern Med","first-page":"847","article-title":"New insights into the etiology, risk factors, and pathogenesis of pancreatitis in dogs: potential impacts on clinical practice","volume":"36","author":"Cridge H","year":"2022","unstructured":"Cridge H, Lim SY, Algul H, et al. 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