Table 7. Prevalence of syndromic disorders related to pathophysiologic processes recorded in overall dogs, purebreds only and crossbreds only that attended primary veterinary practices in England.
Overall | Purebred | Crossbred | |||||||
Pathophysiologic process | No. | Preva% | 95% CIb | Preva% | 95% CIb | Preva% | 95% CIb | P–value | |
Inflammation | 1,246 | 32.1 | 29.8–34.3 | 33.2 | 30.7–35.7 | 28.1 | 25.1–31.2 | 0.006 | |
Mass/swelling | 625 | 16.1 | 14.6–17.6 | 16.7 | 15.0–18.4 | 14.1 | 11.8–16.3 | 0.222 | |
Traumatic | 557 | 14.3 | 12.8–15.9 | 14.3 | 12.7–16.0 | 14.3 | 11.6–17.0 | 1.000 | |
Degenerative | 411 | 10.6 | 9.4–11.8 | 10.4 | 9.0–11.7 | 11.4 | 9.1–13.8 | 1.000 | |
Infectious | 388 | 10.0 | 9.0–11.0 | 10.3 | 9.1–11.4 | 9.0 | 6.9–11.2 | 1.000 | |
Neoplastic | 336 | 8.7 | 7.6–9.8 | 8.6 | 7.3–9.8 | 9.0 | 7.2–10.9 | 1.000 | |
Congenital/developmental | 332 | 8.6 | 7.4–9.7 | 8.9 | 7.6–10.2 | 7.3 | 5.6–9.2 | 0.870 | |
Nutritional | 320 | 8.2 | 7.1–9.4 | 8.9 | 7.5–10.2 | 5.9 | 4.3–7.5 | 0.014 | |
Behavioural | 262 | 6.8 | 5.9–7.6 | 6.5 | 5.5–7.4 | 7.9 | 6.0–9.8 | 1.000 | |
Hereditary | 232 | 6.0 | 5.1–6.9 | 6.2 | 5.1–7.3 | 5.3 | 3.5–7.0 | 1.000 | |
Parasitic | 221 | 5.7 | 5.0–6.4 | 5.5 | 4.6–6.3 | 6.7 | 5.0–8.4 | 1.000 | |
Iatrogenic | 150 | 3.9 | 3.3–4.5 | 3.7 | 3.1–4.4 | 4.4 | 2.9–5.9 | 1.000 | |
Foreign body | 109 | 2.8 | 2.3–3.3 | 2.8 | 2.3–3.4 | 2.8 | 1.6–3.9 | 1.000 | |
Death | 65 | 1.7 | 1.2–2.2 | 1.6 | 1.1–2.1 | 2.1 | 1.2–3.1 | 1.000 | |
Intoxicative | 49 | 1.3 | 1.0–1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0–1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6–2.1 | 1.000 | |
Haemostatic | 38 | 1.0 | 0.7–1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8–1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2–1.3 | 0.496 | |
Immune–mediated | 38 | 1.0 | 0.7–1.3 | 1.1 | 0.8–1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2–1.3 | 0.620 | |
Allergic | 35 | 0.9 | 0.7–1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6–1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4–1.8 | 1.000 | |
Thermoregulatory | 17 | 0.4 | 0.3–0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2–0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3–1.5 | 1.000 | |
Metabolic | 8 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1–0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1–0.9 | 1.000 | |
Effusion | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0–0.5 | 1.000 |
P–values (Holm–adjusted) represent comparison between purebreds and crossbreds.
Prev prevalence.
95% CI 95% confidence interval.