Table 5.
Factor | Frequency Euthanasia Newly Diagnosed Diabetic Cats (C1) | Frequency Euthanasia Newly Diagnosed Diabetic Dogs D1 | Frequency Euthanasia Newly Diagnosed Diabetic cats—Not Wanting to Inject C2 | Frequency Euthanasia Newly Diagnosed Diabetic Dogs—Not Wanting to Inject D2 | |||||
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p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | ||
Country | UK and Ireland | 0.331 | 0.75 (0.42–1.34) | 0.188 | 0.67 (0.38–1.21) | 0.290 | 0.72 (0.40–1.32) | 0.828 | 0.93 (0.51–1.72) |
USA | 0.383 | 0.83 (0.54–1.27) | 0.349 | 0.81 (0.53–1.25) | 0.294 | 0.79 (0.51–1.23) | 0.835 | 0.95 (0.61–1.50) | |
Canada | 0.001 | 2.68 (1.53–4.67) | 0.050 | 1.75 (1–3.08) | 0.003 | 2.36 (1.34–4.16) | 0.014 | 2.06 (1.15–3.68) | |
Australia | 0.038 | 2.26 (1.04–4.88) | 0.32 | 2.38 (1.08–5.27) | 0.537 | 1.28 (0.58–2.83) | 0.105 | 1.97 (0.87–4.46) | |
Cont. Europe a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
Location | Rural | 0.010 | 1.6 (1.12–2.28) | 0.001 | 1.81 (1.26–2.59) | 0.000 | 2.17 (1.51–3.12) | 0.000 | 2.17 (1.51–3.13) |
Urban | 0.339 | 1.14 (0.87–1.47) | 0.63 | 1.29 (0.99–1.68) | 0.385 | 1.13 (0.86–1.47) | 0.300 | 1.16 (0.88–1.53) | |
Sub-urban a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
Practice type I | Mixed | 0.009 | 1.69 (1.14–2.50) | 0.02 | 1.59 (1.07–2.35) | 0.987 | 1.00 (0.67–1.51) | 0.312 | 1.23 (0.82–1.85) |
SA a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
Practice type II | Referral/Uni | 0.032 | 0.6 (0.37–0.96) | 0.439 | 0.83 (0.52–1.33) | 0.015 | 0.54 (0.33–0.89) | 0.560 | 0.86 (0.53–1.41) |
Charity | 0.424 | 1.3 (0.68–2.5) | 0.101 | 1.72 (0.90–3.31) | 0.129 | 1.69 (0.86–3.33) | 0.597 | 1.2 (0.61–2.37) | |
Private | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a | |
% insured | >20% | 0.693 | 1.11 (0.67–1.82) | 0.809 | 0.94 (0.57–1.56) | 0.988 | 1.00 (0.59–1.68) | 0.562 | 0.86 (0.51–1.45) |
<20% a | – | a | – | a | – | a | – | a |
CI—confidence interval; a Reference category; Bold: Statistically significant association (p ≤ 0.05).