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. 2024 Mar 15;12:e17077. doi: 10.7717/peerj.17077

Table 4. The risk factors influencing canine mammary gland tumor (CMT) cases compared with other tumor cases (N = 1, 391).

Factors CMT cases Other tumor cases Odds ratio 95% CI P-value
n % n %
1. Sex (n = 1,356)
Female (n = 825) 364 97.6 461 46.9 45.8 23.9–86.0 <0.0001*
Male (n = 531) 9 2.4 522 53.1 1.0
Total 373 100.0 983 100.0
2. Age (n = 1,316)
≤8 years (n = 481) 106 28.4 375 39.8 1.0
>8 years (n = 835) 267 71.6 568 60.2 1.76 1.27–2.2 0.0001*
Total 373 100.0 943 100.0
3. Breed (n = 1,391)
Purebred (n = 753) 214 57.4 539 52.9 1.2 0.9–1.5 0.15
Mixed breed (n = 638) 159 42.6 479 47.1 1.0
Total 373 100.0 1,018 100.0

Notes.

*

Significant difference was accepted at P-value <0.05.

**

The retrospective data on sex was not recorded in 35 non-CMT cases.

***

The retrospective data on age was not recorded in 75 non-CMT cases.