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. 2019 Sep 24;186(14):451. doi: 10.1136/vr.105592

Table 4.

Prevalence of the most common disorders at a grouped level of diagnostic precision recorded in rabbits (n=2506) attending primary-care veterinary practices in England participating in the VetCompass programme from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013

Grouped level precision Count Overall (%) 95% CI Female (%) Male (%) P value Median age
Dermatological 505 20.2 18.6 to 21.8 19.2 21.1 0.234* 3.7
Oral 272 10.9 9.7 to 12.1 8.1 13.4 <0.001* 4.3
Gastrointestinal/abdominal 238 9.5 8.4 to 10.7 10.2 9.1 0.334* 4.0
Ocular 182 7.3 6.3 to 8.3 6.7 7.9 0.264* 5.0
Parasitic 178 7.1 6.1 to 8.2 6.7 7.6 0.401* 4.2
Behavioural 130 5.2 4.4 to 6.1 4.7 5.8 0.222* 4.1
Trauma 99 4.0 3.2 to 4.8 3.8 3.8 0.964* 2.0
Respiratory 93 3.7 3.0 to 4.5 3.3 4.1 0.259* 3.4
Overweight/obesity 92 3.7 3.0 to 4.5 4.4 3.2 0.100* 3.4
Neurological 74 3.0 2.3 to 3.7 3.6 2.5 0.098* 4.4
Iatrogenic 64 2.6 2.0 to 3.2 2.6 2.6 0.992* 2.4
Mass-associated 54 2.2 1.6 to 2.8 2.2 2.2 0.961* 5.8
Weight loss/underweight 51 2.0 1.5 to 2.7 2.3 1.7 0.250* 4.9
Abscess 47 1.9 1.4 to 2.5 1.9 1.9 0.965* 4.8
Renal/urinary 45 1.8 1.3 to 2.4 2.4 1.4 0.057* 4.2
Musculoskeletal 43 1.7 1.2 to 2.3 1.9 1.6 0.491* 5.9
Auditory 25 1.0 0.6 to 1.5 0.5 1.4 0.027* 5.5
Infection 19 0.8 0.5 to 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.295* 2.2
Cardiovascular 16 0.6 0.4 to 1.0 0.9 0.5 0.183* 5.5
Neoplasia 14 0.6 0.3 to 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.440* 8.6
Reproductive 6 0.2 0.1 to 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.100† 2.9
Hepatic 4 0.2 0.1 to 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.339† 2.5
Soft tissue 2 0.1 0.0 to 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.503† 5.6
Congenital 1 0.0 0.0 to 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.460† 1.0

The P value reflects testing of the prevalence difference between females and males using the chi-squared test or Fisher’s exact test as indicated.

*Chi-squared test.

†Fisher’s exact test.

CI, confidence interval.