Table 2.
Relationship between signalment and health information and the body condition of dogs.
| Characteristics | Underweight (BCS 1–3) | Ideal (BCS 4–5) | Overweight (BCS 6–7) | Obese (BCS 8–9) | All dogs | P-valuea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Breed | |||||||||||
| Dobermann Pinscher | 1 | 5.6 | 8 | 44.4 | 5 | 27.8 | 4 | 22.2 | 18 | 100.0 | - |
| Labrador Retriever | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 10 | 100.0 | |
| Lhasa Apso | 2 | 20.0 | 8 | 80.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 100.0 | |
| Poodle | 3 | 18.8 | 5 | 31.2 | 5 | 31.2 | 3 | 18.8 | 16 | 100.0 | |
| Shih-tzu | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 81.2 | 3 | 18.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 100.0 | |
| Mixed breed | 12 | 8.7 | 74 | 53.6 | 37 | 26.8 | 15 | 10.9 | 138 | 100.0 | |
| Yorkshire Terrier | 1 | 4.3 | 11 | 47.8 | 5 | 21.7 | 6 | 26.1 | 23 | 100.0 | |
| Other breeds | 3 | 5.6 | 28 | 51.9 | 16 | 29.6 | 7 | 13.0 | 54 | 100.0 | |
| Breed sizeb | |||||||||||
| Small | 16 | 10.3 | 78 | 50.0 | 41 | 26.3 | 21 | 13.5 | 156 | 100.0 | 0.637 |
| Medium | 5 | 6.0 | 50 | 59.5 | 21 | 25 | 8 | 9.5 | 84 | 100.0 | |
| Large | 2 | 4.4 | 21 | 46.7 | 13 | 28.9 | 9 | 20.0 | 45 | 100.0 | |
| Disease reported by the owner | |||||||||||
| Cardiopathy | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | - |
| Tracheal collapse | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 100.0 | |
| Dermatopathy | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 20.0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 100.0 | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | |
| Epilepsy | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | |
| Neoplasia | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | |
| Orthopedic | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 62.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 100.0 | |
| No disease | 22 | 9.6 | 136 | 59.4 | 71 | 31.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 229 | 100.0 | |
BCS body condition score.
ap value obtained by the chi-square test.
bBreed size classification according to Hosgood and Scholl16