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Table 2 Patient characteristics of cats and dogs that underwent diaphragmatic herniorrhaphy and associations with mortality

From: Prognostic indicators for perioperative survival after diaphragmatic herniorrhaphy in cats and dogs: 96 cases (2001-2013)

Characteristic

Category

Dogs (n = 79)

Cats (n = 17)

All cases (n = 96)

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Species

Cat

Dog

Ref

1.9 (0.4–9.2)

0.42

Sex and neuter status

Female spayed

Female intact

Male castrated

Male intact

31 (39.2%)

9 (11.4%)

20 (25.3%)

19 (24.1%)

4 (23.5%)

1 (5.9%)

12 (70.6%)

0 (0.0%)

35 (36.5%)

10 (10.4%)

32 (33.3%)

19 (19.8%)

0.8 (0–6.6)

2.9 (0.5–30.7)

2.3 (0.4–25.8)

Ref

0.84

0.33

0.53

Sex

Female

Male

40 (50.6%)

39 (49.4%)

5 (29.4%)

12 (70.6%)

45 (46.9%)

51 (53.1%)

Age at diagnosis (yr)

Median, range

3.0 (0.2–12.9)

4.7, 1.5–8.5

3.1, 0.2–12.9

1.1 (1.0–1.3)

0.10

Weight (kg)

Median, range

10.6, 2.2–52.0

4.6, 2.3–8.0

8.0, 2.2–52.0

1.0 (1.0–1.1)

0.33

  1. Results are for univariable logistic regression analysis. Values were considered significant at p < 0.05. OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval, Ref Reference category, yr years, kg kilograms