Table 2.
Description of the biologic behavior of tumors by species and sex.
| Total Tumors | Malignant Tumors | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | N | % | N | MP % 1 |
| Total | 16,272 | 100 | 8578 | 52.7 | |
| Species | |||||
| Canine | 13,006 | 80.0 | 6008 | 46.2 | |
| Feline | 3266 | 20.0 | 2570 | 78.7 ** | |
| Sex 2 | 16,105 | 100 | 8475 | 52.6 | |
| Male | 6285 | 39.0 | 3123 | 49.7 | |
| Female | 9820 | 61.0 | 5352 | 54.5 ** | |
| Dog | |||||
| Male | 5275 | 41.0 | 2384 | 45.2 | |
| Female | 7605 | 59.0 | 3552 | 46.7 ** | |
| Cat | |||||
| Male | 1010 | 31.3 | 739 | 73.2 | |
| Female | 2215 | 68.7 | 1800 | 81.3 ** | |
1 MP (Malignancy Proportion): Proportion of malignant tumors per respective category; 2 Difference between specific counts and the total count is due to missing information regarding sex; ** p < 0.001, Z-test for the differences between MP of categories within the same variable.