Table 3. The distribution of the type of heart sound and VHS in the healthy diagnosed with or without cardiomyopathy.
| Apparently healthy cats (n = 59) | Diagnosed with cardiomyopathy | Odd ratio | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | |||||||
| n | % | n | % | |||||
| Heart sound | Normal | 51 | 35 | 59 | 16 | 28 | N/A | |
| Abnormal | 8 | - | - | 8 | 13 | |||
| VHS | ≤ 7.9 | 36 | 24 | 41 | 12 | 20 | 2.22 | 0.150 |
| > 8.0 | 23 | 11 | 19 | 12 | 20 | |||
VHS = Vertebral heart score.