Table 2 The degree of agreement and comparison between underestimation, agreement, and overestimation proportions of BCS attributed by dog and cat owners in the metropolitan region and countryside region considering all animals and separated by BCS range
From: Brazilian owners perception of the body condition score of dogs and cats
All regions | Metropolitan region | Countryside region | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | Dogs | Cats | |
ALL BODY CONDITIONS SCORES (BCS 1 to 9) | ||||||
n | 601 | 110 | 377 | 81 | 224 | 29 |
Underestimation | 44.8% | 50.0% | 35.0% | 43.2% | 61.2% | 69.0% |
Agreement | 38.8% | 40.9% | 44.0% | 44.4% | 29.9% | 31.0% |
Overestimation | 16.5% | 9.1% | 21.0% | 12.4% | 8.9% | 0.0% |
Kappa | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.54 | 0.58 |
p* | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
Degree of agreement | High | High | High | High | Moderate | Moderate |
LEAN (BCS 1 to 3) | ||||||
n | 89 (14.8%) | 39 (35.5%) | 62 (16.4%) | 37 (45.7%) | 27 (12.1%) | 2 (6.9%) |
n (BCSo) | 100 (16.6%) | 49 (44.5%) | 67 (17.8%) | 45 (55.4%) | 33 (14.7%) | 4 (13.9%) |
Underestimation | 16.9% | 25.6% | 19.4% | 27.0% | 11.1% | 0.0% |
Agreement | 47.2% | 56.4% | 43.6% | 54.1% | 55.6% | 100.0% |
Overestimation | 36.0% | 17.9% | 37.1% | 18.9% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
Kappa | 0.34 | 0.45 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.42 | - |
p* | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | - |
Degree of agreement | Reasonable | Moderate | Reasonable | Moderate | Moderate | - |
IDEAL (BCS 4 and 5) | ||||||
n | 149 (24.8%) | 26 23.6%) | 90 (23.9%) | 19 (23.5%) | 59 (26.3%) | 7 (24.1%) |
n (BCSo) | 177 (29.5%) | 28 (25.5%) | 90 (23.9%) | 16 (19.8%) | 87 (38.8%) | 12 (41.7%) |
Underestimation | 37.6% | 57.7% | 27.8% | 63.2% | 52.5% | 42.9% |
Agreement | 40.3% | 34.6% | 44.4% | 26.3% | 33.9% | 57.1% |
Overestimation | 22.2% | 7.7% | 27.8% | 10.5% | 13.6% | 0.0% |
Kappa | 0.20 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.03 | 0.11 | 0.36 |
p* | < 0.01 | 0.19 | < 0.01 | 0.72 | 0.11 | 0.15 |
Degree of agreement | Low | - | Reasonable | - | - | - |
OVERWEIGHT (BCS 6 and 7) | ||||||
n | 182 (30.3%) | 17 (15.5%) | 108 (28.6%) | 8 (9.9%) | 74 (33.0%) | 9 (33.3%) |
n (BCSo) | 225 (37.4%) | 18 (16.4%) | 139 (36.9%) | 9 (11.1%) | 86 (38.4%) | 9 (33.3%) |
Underestimation | 46.2% | 70.6% | 31.5% | 50.0% | 67.6% | 88.9% |
Agreement | 39.0% | 23.5% | 46.3% | 37.5% | 28.4% | 11.1% |
Overestimation | 14.8% | 5.9% | 22.2% | 12.5% | 4.1% | 0.0% |
Kappa | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.07 |
p* | < 0.01 | 0.05 | < 0.01 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.27 |
Degree of agreement | Low | - | Low | - | Low | - |
OBESE (BCS 8 and 9) | ||||||
n | 181 (30.1%) | 28 (25.5%) | 117 (31.0%) | 17 (21.0%) | 64 (28.6%) | 11 (37.9%) |
n (BCSo) | 99 (16.5%) | 15 (13.6%) | 81 (21.5%) | 11 (13.6%) | 18 (8.0%) | 4 (11.1%) |
Underestimation | 63.0% | 64.3% | 51.1% | 52.9% | 82.8% | 81.8% |
Agreement | 33.2% | 35.7% | 41.9% | 47.1% | 17.2% | 18.2% |
Overestimation | 3.9% | 0.0% | 6.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Kappa | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.07 | 0.10 |
p* | < 0.01 | 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.05 | < 0.01 | 0.17 |
Degree of agreement | Low | Low | Low | - | Low | - |