Table 3. Prevalence and risk of meningioma in each dog breed.
Breed | No. of dogs examined | No. of primary intracranial tumor | No. of meningioma | % Meningioma of the breed within the total number of meningioma | % Meningioma within the breed | % Meningioma within all primary intracranial tumors of the breed | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P value a) |
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(A) | (B) | (C) | (C/81 × 100) | (C/A × 100) | (C/B × 100) | ||||
Rough Collie | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 33.3 | 100.0 | 58.133 | 10.496–321.982 | <0.001† |
Golden Retriever | 426 | 16 | 14 | 17.3 | 3.3 | 87.5 | 4.451 | 2.481–7.985 | <0.001† |
Miniature Schnauzer | 241 | 11 | 7 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 63.6 | 3.620 | 1.650–7.943 | <0.001† |
Scottish Terrier | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 7.7 | 100.0 | 9.559 | 1.228–74.392 | 0.008† |
Chihuahua | 443 | 8 | 7 | 8.6 | 1.6 | 87.5 | 1.899 | 0.870–4.147 | 0.102 |
Labrador Retriever | 406 | 9 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.1 | 0.271 | 0.038–1.953 | 0.165 |
Siberian Husky | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 33.3 | 3.577 | 0.483–26.496 | 0.182 |
Toy Poodle | 527 | 9 | 7 | 8.6 | 1.3 | 77.8 | 1.577 | 0.723–3.440 | 0.248 |
Yorkshire Terrier | 320 | 2 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 50.0 | 0.348 | 0.048–2.506 | 0.272 |
French Bulldog | 293 | 25 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.381 | 0.053–2.746 | 0.320 |
German Shepherd dog | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 100.0 | 2.485 | 0.338–18.236 | 0.354 |
Miniature Dachshund | 1,420 | 13 | 10 | 12.3 | 0.7 | 76.9 | 0.777 | 0.400–1.510 | 0.456 |
Papillion | 200 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 100.0 | 0.565 | 0.078–4.078 | 0.566 |
Shiba-Inu | 339 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 66.7 | 0.665 | 0.163–2.717 | 0.567 |
Pug | 157 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 100.0 | 1.476 | 0.359–6.058 | 0.587 |
Shetland Sheepdog | 260 | 4 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 75.0 | 1.337 | 0.419–4.263 | 0.623 |
West Highland White Terrier | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 100.0 | 1.628 | 0.223–11.867 | 0.627 |
Pembroke Welsh Corgi | 422 | 16 | 3 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 18.8 | 0.805 | 0.253–2.561 | 0.713 |
Jack Russell Terrier | 158 | 2 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 50.0 | 0.719 | 0.099–5.200 | 0.743 |
Bernese Mountain dog | 92 | 1 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 100.0 | 1.250 | 0.172–9.078 | 0.825 |
Mixed breed dog | 852 | 12 | 8 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 66.7 | 1.084 | 0.520–2.256 | 0.830 |
Maltese | 209 | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 100.0 | 1.099 | 0.268–4.500 | 0.896 |
Shih Tzu | 456 | 5 | 4 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 80.0 | 1.004 | 0.366–2.756 | 0.994 |
Total | 7,391 | 149 | 81 | 100.0 |
a) Breeds with a P<0.05 (†) were considered to have a significantly higher risk of the occurrence of meningioma than the rest of the evaluated population.