Table 5.
Association between body condition and the physical activity of the 285 evaluated dogs.
| Characteristic | 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 | % | ||
| Daily exerciseb | |||||||||||
| Low | 3 | 9.4 | 21 | 65.6 | 7 | 21.9 | 1 | 3.1 | 32 | 100.0 | 0.265 |
| Moderate | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 65.6 | 5 | 21.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 23 | 100.0 | |
| Not exercised daily | 20 | 8.7 | 113 | 48.1 | 63 | 27.4 | 34 | 14.8 | 230 | 100.0 | |
| Weekly exerciseb | |||||||||||
| ≤ 150 h | 5 | 5.4 | 54 | 58.1 | 21 | 22.6 | 13 | 14.0 | 93 | 100.0 | 0.856 |
| > 150 h | 3 | 7.1 | 24 | 57.1 | 11 | 26.2 | 4 | 9.5 | 42 | 100.0 | |
| Does not exercise | 15 | 10.0 | 71 | 47.3 | 43 | 28.6 | 21 | 14.0 | 150 | 100.0 | |
| Presence of other animals in the household | |||||||||||
| Dogs | 8 | 6.5 | 54 | 43.9 | 40 | 32.5 | 21 | 17.1 | 93 | 100.0 | 0.289 |
| Cats | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 71.4 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 100.0 | |
| Dogs and cats | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 85.7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 100.0 | |
| No other animals | 15 | 10.1 | 84 | 56.7 | 32 | 21.6 | 17 | 11.5 | 148 | 100.0 | |
| Type of household | |||||||||||
| House | 19 | 9.1 | 107 | 51.2 | 57 | 27.3 | 26 | 12.5 | 209 | 100.0 | 0.587 |
| Apartment | 4 | 5.2 | 42 | 55.2 | 18 | 23.7 | 12 | 15.8 | 76 | 100.0 | |
BCS body condition score.
aP-value obtained by the chi-square test.
bExercise levels were classified according to Degeling et al.17.