Abdominal obesity is associated with heart disease in dogs

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 2 Correlation coefficient (r) between body condition scores and morphometric measurements

	MBMI, BW/TL²	WHSDR	WIWDR	WTLR
BCS (95% CI)	0.49** (0.32, 0.64)	0.55** (0.39, 0.68)	0.18 (−0.03, 0.38)	0.57** (0.41, 0.70)
MBMI, BW/TL² (95% CI)	-	0.13 (−0.08, 0.33)	0.30** (0.10, 0.48)	0.69** (0.56, 0.79)

**p-value < 0.01, Pearson correlation coefficients. BCS, body condition score; BW, body weight; CI, confidence interval; MBMI, modified body mass index; TL, truncal length; WHSDR, waist-to-hock-to-stifle distance ratio; WIWDR, waist-to-ilium wing distance ratio; WTLR, waist-to-truncal length ratio.

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