Table 4.

Overview of demographic and treatment variables by elbow dysplasia (ED) score.

	ED0	ED1	ED2	Total	Proportion
Overall number of dogs	269	238	197	704	100%
Breed
American Staffordshire terrier	35	34	26	95	13%
Bernese mountain dog	56	55	36	147	21%
German Shepherd	53	40	46	139	20%
Labrador Retriever	67	55	52	174	25%
Rottweiler	58	54	37	149	21%
Gender
Female	159	131	91	381	54%
Male	110	107	106	323	46%
Neutering
No	210	168	136	514	73%
Yes	59	70	61	190	27%
Age (years)
Median	5	6	6	5	-
Mean	5.37	5.65	5.72	5.56	-
Standard deviation	1.38	1.23	1.46	1.36	-
Range (min–max)	3–10	3–9	3–10	3–10	-
Lameness in the past month
No	227	198	138	563	80%
1 leg	33	30	41	104	15%
>1 leg	9	10	18	37	5%
Sought veterinary care
No	201	147	113	461	65%
Yes	68	91	84	243	35%
NSAID treatment
No	29	39	22	90	13%
Yes	9	41	57	107	15%
Not applicable	230	136	118	484	69%
Not available	1	22	0	23	3%
Elbow surgery
No	33	55	55	143	20%
Yes	4	17	22	43	6%
Not applicable	232	166	120	518	74%
Rehab treatment
No rehab	18	39	44	101	14%
Other rehab	16	14	10	40	6%
Elbow rehab	4	26	31	61	9%
Not applicable	231	159	112	502	71%
Stiffness score (STF)
Good (index = 0.2)	203	166	104	473	67%
Poor (index > 0.2)	66	72	93	231	33%
Function score (FNC)
Good (index = 0.2)	254	204	151	609	87%
Poor (index > 0.2)	13	28	42	83	12%
Not available	2	6	4	12	1%
Lameness score (LMS)
Good (index = 0.2)	230	176	111	517	73%
Poor (index > 0.2)	39	59	86	184	26%
Not available	0	3	0	3	<1%
Quality-of-life score (QOL)
Good (index = 0.2)	236	179	117	532	76%
Poor (index > 0.2)	33	56	79	168	24%
Not available	0	3	1	4	1%
Owner's perception score (PER)
Good (index = 0.2)	183	154	127	464	66%
Poor (index > 0.2)	46	50	49	145	21%
Not available	40	34	21	95	13%

Values refer to the number of dogs per category, unless otherwise stated.