Table 1.

Proportion of all cats receiving blood pressure assessment

Variable		N	Blood pressure assessed	Proportion blood pressure assesseda (%)	95% CIa
Overall		347 889	1445	1.34	1.30‐1.38
Age (years)	<9	254 698	300	0.38	0.34‐0.28
	≥9	80 025	1139	4.4	4.3‐4.6
	0 to <4.5	187 460	142	0.25	0.20‐0.28
	4.5 to <9	67 238	158	0.76	0.65‐0.88
	9 to <13.5	44 185	413	3.0	2.7‐3.2
	13.5 to <18	28 401	566	6.1	5.7‐6.5
	18 to <22.5	7054	155	6.6	5.7‐7.6
	≥22.5	385	5	4.0	0.6‐7.4
Sex	Male	165 360	702	13.6	13.6‐14.1
	Female	177 749	739	13.4	12.8‐14.5
Neuter	Entire	58 105	78	0.4	0.3‐0.5
	Neutered	249 002	1119	1.5	1.4‐1.51
Breed	Crossbred	309 233	1237	1.29	1.24‐1.34
	Purebred	35 059	201	1.84	1.60‐2.09
Reason for presentation at blood pressure assessmentb	Clinical signs	1445	471	32.6	30.2‐35.0
	Anaesthetic monitoring	1445	425	29.4	27.1‐31.8
	Geriatric health check	1445	40	2.8	1.9‐3.6
	Monitoring of pre‐existing disease	1445	419	29.0	26.7‐31.3
	Other	1445	5	0.4	0.04‐0.7
	Monitoring of pre‐existing hypertension	1445	85	5.9	4.7‐7.1

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.

^aCalculated using stratified analysis and Stata survey commands.

^bProportion of cats receiving blood pressure assessment presented because of each category. This group only includes the 1445 cats that had their blood pressure assessed.