Table 3.

Final multivariable logistic regression model for risk factors associated with diabetes mellitus diagnosis in cats attending primary‐care veterinary practices in England. Data on both pre‐existing and incident DM cases were included

Variable	Category	OR	95% CI	P‐Value
Breed	Crossbred	Base
	Tonkinese	4.1	1.8–9.6	.001
	Norwegian Forest	3.5	1.3–9.6	.016
	Burmese	3.0	2.0–4.4	<.001
	Russian	2.5	0.8–8.1	.12
	Oriental	1.8	0.4–7.3	.43
	Rex	1.2	0.2–8.5	.88
	Siamese	1.1	0.5–2.3	.77
	Maine Coon	0.9	0.4–2.1	.74
	Birman	0.8	0.3–2.6	.73
	Persian	0.5	0.2–1.4	.20
	British Short Hair	0.5	0.2–1.1	.080
	Ragdoll	0.4	0.1–2.2	.31
	Bengal	0.3	0.1–1.3	.11
	Exotic	0.8	0.1–13.7	.91
	Other breed‐types	0.6	0.3–1.1	.11
Bodyweight (kg)	<3.0	Base
	3.0–3.9	1.4	0.8–2.3	.19
	4.0–4.9	3.2	2.0–5.2	<.001
	5.0–5.9	5.1	3.1–8.2	<.001
	6.0–6.9	10.2	6.3–16.8	<.001
	7.0–7.9	19.3	11.5–32.6	<.001
	> or =8	20.0	11.0–36.3	<.001
	No bodyweight available for >6 month of age	0.0	0.0–0.1	<.001
Age (years)a	<3.0	0.4	0.2–1.0	.060
	3.0–5.9	Base
	6.0 to <9.0	5.6	3.1–10.0	<.001
	9.0 to <12.0	17.1	9.9–29.6	<.001
	12.0 to <15.0	31.8	18.5–54.7	<.001
	> or =15.0	39.1	22.5–67.9	<.001
	No age available	59093.7	29330.8–119058.1	<.001
Insurance status	Noninsured	Base
	Insured	2.0	1.6–2.4	<.001
	Unknown	1.0	0.8–1.2	.90

95% CI, confidence interval.

^aIncident cases: age at diagnosis, pre‐existing cases: no age included, noncases: age at mid‐point of clinical records.