Table 1 Relationship between signalment and the body condition of dogs.
From: Prevalence of canine obesity in the city of São Paulo, Brazil
Characteristics | Underweight (BCS 1–3) | Ideal (BCS 4–5) | Overweight (BCS 6–7) | Obese (BCS 8–9) | All dogs | P-valuea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Age rangeb | |||||||||||
Young | 12 | 7.1 | 98 | 58.0 | 40 | 23.7 | 19 | 11.2 | 169 | 100.0 | 0.191 |
Adult | 4 | 6.1 | 30 | 45.5 | 21 | 31.8 | 11 | 16.7 | 66 | 100.0 | |
Senior | 7 | 14.9 | 18 | 38.3 | 14 | 29.8 | 8 | 17.0 | 47 | 100.0 | |
No information | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 100.0 | |
Sex | |||||||||||
Female | 11 | 7.3 | 65 | 43.3 | 46 | 30.7 | 28 | 18.7 | 150 | 100.0 | 0.003 |
Male | 12 | 8.9 | 84 | 62.2 | 29 | 21.5 | 10 | 7.4 | 135 | 100.0 | |
Reproductive status | |||||||||||
Neutered | 8 | 6.4 | 50 | 40.0 | 39 | 31.2 | 28 | 22.4 | 125 | 100.0 | < 0.001 |
Intact | 15 | 9.4 | 99 | 61.9 | 36 | 22.5 | 10 | 6.2 | 160 | 100.0 | |
Sex and reproductive status | |||||||||||
Neutered females | 7 | 8.9 | 29 | 36.7 | 24 | 30.4 | 19 | 24.1 | 79 | 100.0 | 0.404 |
Neutered males | 1 | 2.2 | 21 | 45.7 | 15 | 32.6 | 9 | 19.6 | 46 | 100.0 | |
Age at neutering | |||||||||||
Up to 1 year | 4 | 5.3 | 36 | 47.4 | 21 | 27.6 | 15 | 19.5 | 76 | 100.0 | 0.359 |
1 to 3 years | 1 | 10.0 | 2 | 20.0 | 4 | 40.0 | 3 | 30.0 | 10 | 100.0 | |
More than 3 years | 2 | 7.7 | 6 | 23.1 | 10 | 38.5 | 8 | 30.8 | 26 | 100.0 | |
Intact | 15 | 9.4 | 99 | 61.9 | 36 | 22.5 | 10 | 6.2 | 160 | 100.0 | |
No information | 1 | 7.7 | 6 | 46.1 | 4 | 30.8 | 2 | 15.4 | 13 | 100.0 | |
