Table 9 Relationship between owner occupation and household information 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 | % | ||
Owner’s occupation | |||||||||||
Outside of home | 9 | 6.5 | 80 | 53.6 | 39 | 28.3 | 16 | 11.6 | 138 | 100.0 | 0.465 |
Home | 14 | 10.2 | 69 | 47.4 | 36 | 26.3 | 22 | 16.1 | 137 | 100.0 | |
Children in the household | |||||||||||
Yes | 9 | 10.1 | 49 | 55.1 | 22 | 24.7 | 9 | 10.1 | 89 | 100.0 | 0.749 |
No | 14 | 7.1 | 100 | 51.0 | 53 | 27.0 | 29 | 14.8 | 196 | 100.0 | |
Elderly people in the household | |||||||||||
Yes | 10 | 5.7 | 106 | 60.9 | 34 | 19.5 | 24 | 13.8 | 174 | 100.0 | 0.006 |
No | 13 | 11.7 | 43 | 38.7 | 41 | 36.9 | 14 | 12.6 | 111 | 100.0 | |
