Table 4.

Standard (ordinal) least squares model of the association between univariate variables and thermal latency (secs) in dogs with naturally occurring osteoarthritis-associated pain.

Variable	Coefficient	Standard error	95% Confidence interval	P value
Serum ARTN concentrations	− 0.11	1.02	− 2.17–1.95	0.92
Body weight	0.22	0.23	− 0.23–0.68	0.33
Rater				0.20
KWC	Reference	–	–	–
DK	− 3.15	2.44	− 8.08–1.78	0.20
Age	0.39	0.62	− 0.85–1.65	0.53
Sex				0.41
Male Neutered	Reference	–	–	–
Male intact	7.28	6.07	− 5.00–19.57	0.24
Female Spayed	− 4.81	3.59	− 12.07–2.46	0.19
Body condition score				0.53
5–4	− 6.13	5.64	− 17.56–5.29	0.28
6–5	3.44	4.72	− 6.12–13.00	0.47
7–6	− 10.17	7.32	− 24.98–4.64	0.17
8–7	5.5	10.97	− 16.72–27.72	0.62
Feasibility score				0.59
1–0	− 1.48	12.86	− 27.46–24.51	0.91
3–1	− 8	15.55	− 39.43–23.43	0.61

As the variable increases, the thermal latency value increases or decreases by the coefficient value. ARTN, artemin.