Hypercobalaminaemia is associated with hepatic and neoplastic disease in cats: a cross sectional study

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 4 Simple linear regression analysis to determine factors associated with hypercobalaminaemia in the study cats

Variable		Odds ratio	95% confidence interval	Pvalue
Age	Per month	1.00	0.99 to 1.01	0.615
Sex	Female	referent	---	---
	Male	0.84	0.40 to 1.76	0.640
Neuter status	Entire	referent	---	---
	Neutered	1.44	0.38 to 5.43	0.592
Breed	Mixed breed	referent	---	---
	Pedigree	2.43	1.18 to 5.00	0.016
Gastrointestinal disease	Absent	referent	---	---
	Present	0.53	0.26 to 1.09	0.086
Liver disease	Absent	referent	---	---
	Present	6.78	2.70 to 17.02	<0.001
Renal disease	Absent	referent	---	---
	Present	1.87	0.62 to 5.62	0.263
All neoplasia	Absent	referent	---	---
	Present	1.65	0.80 to 3.39	0.174
Solid neoplasia	Absent	referent	---	---
	Present	4.16	0.67 to 25.83	0.126
Neoplasm in liver	Absent	referent	---	---
	Present	8.40	0.85 to 83.10	0.069

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