Table 3.
Characteristic | All dogs (n=115) |
LAD alone (n=64) |
No LAD (n=27) |
P-value LAD alone vs No LAD |
---|---|---|---|---|
Onset (responses exclusive) | ||||
Gradual | 59 (51%) | 33 (55%) | 14 (52%) | 0.873 |
Sudden | 42 (37%) | 23 (36%) | 11 (41%) | 0.758 |
Neither selected | 14 (12%) | 8 (13%) | 2 (7%) | 0.606 |
Consistency (responses exclusive) | ||||
Consistent day to day | 31 (27%) | 18 (28%) | 6 (22%) | 0.459 |
Better on some days | 51 (44%) | 29 (45%) | 12 (44%) | 0.753 |
Better some weeks | 9 (8%) | 3 (5%) | 3 (11%) | 0.292 |
Better some months | 2 (2%) | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 0.339 |
Sometimes absent | 11 (10%) | 4 (6%) | 4 (15%) | 0.217 |
None selected | 11 (10%) | 8 (13%) | 2 (7%) | 0.478 |
Character of cough (responses not exclusive) | ||||
Dry | 54 (47%) | 36 (56%) | 10 (37%) | 0.094 |
Moist | 35 (30%) | 14 (22%)a | 12 (44%)a | 0.030 |
Gag or retch | 62 (54%) | 33 (52%) | 15 (56%) | 0.727 |
Quiet or soft | 9 (8%) | 3 (5%) | 2 (7%) | 0.603 |
Loudb | 80 (70%) | 46 (72%) | 20 (74%) | 0.830 |
Loud or harsh | 33 (29%) | 15 (23%) | 10 (37%) | 0.184 |
Hacking | 57 (50%) | 31 (48%) | 15 (56%) | 0.535 |
Honking | 28 (24%) | 15 (23%) | 8 (30%) | 0.535 |
No description selected | 3 | 2 (3%) | 1 (4%) | na |
LAD, large airway disease;
Statistically different.
Total dogs with a description of loud or harsh, hacking, and/or coughing.