Table 6.

Variables influencing owner perception of summer weather effects on canine activity score, variables with a positive B value increased the summer weather effects score and factors with a negative B value decreased the summer effects score.

Variable	Sub-Group	N	B	95% Confidence Interval	p-Value
Daily exercise (minutes)	Up to 10	39	Reference
	10 to <30	272	−0.01	−0.08 to 0.06	0.754
	30 to <60	899	−0.04	−0.10 to 0.03	0.239
	60 to <120	1185	−0.07	−0.13 to 0.00	0.045
	Over 120	506	−0.09	−0.15 to −0.02	0.011
Continent	Europe	2463	Reference
	Africa	6	−0.07	−0.23 to 0.09	0.378
	Asia	31	0.10	0.03 to 0.17	0.005
	Australia	99	−0.06	−0.10 to −0.02	0.003
	North America	290	−0.02	−0.04 to 0.01	0.141
	South America	12	−0.01	−0.12 to 0.11	0.894
Skull shape	Mesocephalic	1811	Reference
	Brachycephalic	172	0.08	0.05 to 0.11	<0.001
	Brachycephalic cross	57	0.05	0.00 to 0.10	0.060
	Dolichocephalic	357	−0.02	−0.04 to 0.01	0.130
	Not available	504	0.00	−0.02 to 0.02	0.958
Bodyweight (kg)	<10	389	Reference
	10 to <20	800	0.01	−0.02 to 0.03	0.548
	20 to <30	875	0.02	0.00 to 0.05	0.062
	30 to <40	454	0.06	0.03 to 0.09	<0.001
	40 to <50	93	0.06	0.02 to 0.10	0.009
	50+	38	0.08	0.01 to 0.15	0.018
	Missing	252	0.00	−0.03 to 0.04	0.850
Sport participation	No	2109	Reference
	Yes	792	−0.02	−0.04 to 0.00	0.029
Sex/neuter	Female entire	352	Reference
	Female neuter	1007	0.02	−0.01 to 0.04	0.149
	Male entire	478	0.01	−0.02 to 0.04	0.466
	Male neuter	1064	0.03	0.01 to 0.05	0.013