Table 1 Association of breed and the response variables in the logistic regression analyses.

From: Breed differences of heritable behaviour traits in cats

Response variable

χ2

P value

Activity level

376.98

0.0002

Contact to people

146.68

0.0005

Aggression to strangers

117.44

0.001

Aggression to family members

110.96

0.001

Aggression to cats

104.12

0.001

Shyness towards novel objects

171.94

0.0004

Shyness towards strangers

196.65

0.0004

Wool sucking

103.39

0.001

Excessive grooming

43.63

0.027

Owner-evaluated behaviour problem

43.24

0.018

  1. P values are controlled for false discovery rate. N = 5726 (personality trait analyses), N = 4925 (wool sucking analysis), N = 5683 (excessive grooming analysis), N = 5550 (owner-evaluated behaviour problem analysis). DF = 18. For full results (including the effects of environmental variables), see Table 1 in Ahola et al. 201731.
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