Table 4.

Comparison of body fat percentage of dogs.

Parameter	Body fat (%)			95% CI	p-value
	n	Median	Range
Female
Intact (x̅ = 27.52)	75	27.67a	14.33–43.33	25.16–30	0.004*
Spayed (x̅ = 29.56)	104	28.33b	14–48	26–32.17
Male
Intact (x̅ = 25.31)	87	24a,b	12.67–44.67	22–25.42
Neutered (x̅ = 27.27)	74	26.5	12.67–44.67	21.85–30.25

^*Significant difference, comparison of medians between groups, performed using Kruskal–Wallis test and

^a,bcomparison of medians between groups performed using two-sample Wilcoxon rank-sum (Mann–Whitney) test. P ≤0.05 considered statistically significant (

^ap = 0.0356,

^bp = 0.0003).