. 2020 Jul 16;7:405. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00405

Table 5B.

Results from logistic regressions on the association between tail lesion score, when the tail was at least 24 cm (n = 11756) and arthritis, pericarditis, pleuritis, pneumonia, and skin infection recorded at meat inspection.

	Athritis	Pericarditis	Pleuritis	Pneumonia	Skin infection
	*%^¹, OR^² (CI)^³**	OR (CI)	OR (CI)	OR (CI)	OR (CI)
Tail lesion score^a	1.4^**	5.0^*	39 ^†	2.4^***	0.4^***
Intact tail + bite marks or bruises	1.5, 1.06 (0.66-1.71)^ns	5.4, 1.09 (0.85-1.40)^ns	39, 1.01 (0.90-1.13)^ns	2.9, 1.23 (0.87-1.73)^ns	1.4, 3.89 (2.10-7.20)^***
Healed lesion	1.9, 1.42 (0.98-2.05)^†	6.3, 1.30 (1.06-1.60)^*	42, 1.10 (1.00-1.21)^†	2.5, 1.07 (0.79-1.45)^ns	0.4, 1.00 (0.45-2.20)^ns
Healed lesion + bite marks or bruises	1.6, 1.20 (0.68-2.14)^ns	6.5, 1.35 (1.00-1.81)^†	44, 1.21 (1.04-1.40)^*	2.1, 0.89 (0.54-1.46)^ns	0.5, 1.30 (0.44-3.83)^ns
Minor acute wound	1.8, 1.31 (0.82-2.08)^ns	5.9, 1.21 (0.94-1.57)^ns	41, 1.10 (0.97-1.24)^ns	2.6, 1.10 (0.75-1.60)^ns	0.7, 2.06 (0.96-4.45)^†
Major acute wound	5.3, 4.07 (2.13-7.80)^***	8.3, 1.73 (1.04-2.88)^*	41, 1.09 (0.82-1.45)^ns	10, 4.67 (2.88-7.59)^***	1.9, 5.47 (1.85-16.2)^**

^*1

% of findings within tail lesion score category,

^*2

Odds ratio,

^*3

95% confidence interval for OR,

Intact tails act as the reference category,

^bTails length class 4 (> 24 cm) act as the reference category.

^ns

p > 0.1;

^†

p < 0.1;

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.01;

^***

p < 0.001.