Table 6 Relationship between owner socioeconomic factors 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 | % | ||
Gender | |||||||||||
Male | 6 | 4.3 | 53 | 38.1 | 54 | 38.8 | 26 | 18.9 | 139 | 100.0 | 0.800 |
Female | 17 | 11.6 | 96 | 65.7 | 21 | 14.4 | 12 | 8.2 | 146 | 100.0 | |
Age range | |||||||||||
18 to 34 years | 9 | 10.2 | 50 | 56.8 | 14 | 15.9 | 15 | 17.0 | 88 | 100.0 | 0.094 |
35 to 59 years | 12 | 9.0 | 68 | 50.7 | 42 | 31.3 | 12 | 9.0 | 134 | 100.0 | |
≥ 60 years | 2 | 3.2 | 31 | 49.2 | 19 | 30.1 | 11 | 17.5 | 63 | 100.0 | |
Education | |||||||||||
Did not finish middle school | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0.240 |
Middle school | 8 | 14.3 | 23 | 41.1 | 17 | 30.3 | 8 | 14.3 | 56 | 100.0 | |
High school | 9 | 7.4 | 65 | 53.2 | 32 | 26.2 | 16 | 13.1 | 122 | 100.0 | |
College | 4 | 3.9 | 59 | 57.8 | 25 | 24.5 | 14 | 13.7 | 102 | 100.0 | |
No information | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 33.33 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 100.0 | |
Family incomeb | |||||||||||
Low | 7 | 12.5 | 25 | 44.6 | 18 | 32.1 | 6 | 10.7 | 56 | 100.0 | 0.533 |
Middle class | 8 | 6.6 | 66 | 54.5 | 28 | 23.1 | 19 | 15.7 | 121 | 100.0 | |
Elite | 6 | 5.9 | 58 | 56.8 | 26 | 25.4 | 12 | 11.7 | 102 | 100.0 | |
No information | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 6 | 100.0 | |
