Table 2.
Owner demographics, dog information and activities: continuous data1
| Measure | Body condition score (BCS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (number of answers)5 | Country | BCS 3 | BCS 4 | BCS 5 | Transformation/ANOVA significance3 |
| Owner age (years) | |||||
| (n = 355) | Netherlands | 42.0±1.92 | 44.1±1.8 | 47.8±3.4 | Ranking |
| Thailand | 37.6±1.4 | 38.5±1.6 | 38.2±1.5 | C | |
| Ownership (years) | |||||
| (n = 354*) | Netherlands | 5.4±0.5 | 5.5±0.5 | 7.3±0.6 | Ranking |
| Thailand | 3.9±0.2a4 | 4.7±0.2 | 5.3±0.2a | C,B | |
| Dog age (years) | |||||
| (n = 355) | Netherlands | 5.8±0.5A | 6.2±0.5 | 8.2±0.7B | Ranking |
| Thailand | 4.2±0.2aA | 5.1±0.2b | 5.6±0.2abB | C,B,CxB | |
| Total indoor activity (h/week) | |||||
| (n = 353*) | Netherlands | 8.9±1.4aA | 5.3±1.0B | 3.7±1.7aC | Ranking |
| Thailand | 47.9±4.4A | 41.3±4.4B | 40.1±5.5C | C,B,CxB | |
| Total outdoor activity (h/week) | |||||
| (n = 353*) | Netherlands | 19.7±1.7 | 18.3±1.8A | 20.8±3.7 | Ranking |
| Thailand | 21.1±3.3 | 13.1±2.1A | 20.5±3.8 | C | |
| Total indoor plus outdoor activity (h/week) | |||||
| (n = 352*) | Netherlands | 28.6±2.7A | 23.6±2.3B | 24.5±4.1C | Ranking |
| Thailand | 69.0±5.7A | 54.4±4.4B | 61.6±8.2C | C,B | |
1This table is based on part 1 and part 2 of the questionnaire (see Additional file 1: Appendix)
2Results are presented as means ± SEM
3Significance (P < 0.05) based on two-way ANOVA with main factors country and body condition score. C indicates effect of country; B, effect of body condition score; CxB, interaction. Measures that are not normally distributed and/or where the variances were unequal were first transformed. In this column the type of transformation is also given
4Contrast significance (post hoc comparisons, P < 0.005683). Post hoc testing was done by unpaired Student’s t test (Gaussian distributed data + homoscedasticity), unpaired Student’s t test with Welch-Satterthwaite correction (Gaussian distributed data + heteroscedasticity) or Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test (non-Gaussian distributed data). Within the same row (country) values with the same superscript lowercase letter were significantly different. Within the same column (body condition score) values with the same superscript uppercase letter were significantly different
5The number of answers is given in parentheses
*Indicates missing answers