From: Abdominal obesity is associated with heart disease in dogs
Classification | Healthy | Heart disease |
---|---|---|
N | 43 | 44 |
Age | Â | Â |
  1-5 years | 36 | 7 |
  >5 years | 7 | 37 |
Gender | Â | Â |
  Male | 23 | 26 |
  Female | 20 | 18 |
Body size | Â | Â |
  Small (<12 kg) | 36 | 28 |
  Medium (12–24 kg) | 4 | 12 |
  Large (>24 kg) | 3 | 4 |
BCS | 3.3 ± 0.1 | 3.6 ± 0.2 |
MBMI (BW (kg)/[TL (m)]2) | 52.5 ± 3.7 | 65.0 ± 4.5* |
WHSDR | 3.7 ± 0.2 | 3.6 ± 0.1 |
WIWDR | 3.1 ± 0.1 | 4.1 ± 0.1** |
WTLR | 1.05 ± 0.04 | 1.25 ± 0.04** |