Prevalence of commonly diagnosed disorders in UK dogs under primary veterinary care: results and applications

O’Neill, Dan G.; James, Hannah; Brodbelt, Dave C.; Church, David B.; Pegram, Camilla

doi:10.1186/s12917-021-02775-3

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 Prevalence of the 70 most common disorders (at least 100 events) at a precise-level of diagnostic precision recorded in dogs (n = 22,333) under primary-care veterinary care at UK practices participating in the VetCompass™ Programme from January 1st to December 31st, 2016. The odds ratio and P-values reflect the odds in males compared to females, and the odds in neutered dogs compared to entire dogs. P-values less than 0.05 shown in bold. *CI confidence interval

From: Prevalence of commonly diagnosed disorders in UK dogs under primary veterinary care: results and applications

Precise-level disorder term	No.	Overall %	95 % CI*	Odds ratio: male compared with female	95 % confidence interval	P-Value	Odds ratio: neutered compared with entire	95 % confidence interval	P-Value	Median age (years)
Periodontal disease	2797	12.52	12.09–12.97	1.01	0.92–1.11	0.903	1.22	1.11–1.34	< 0.001	7.54
Otitis externa	1631	7.30	6.97–7.65	1.23	1.09–1.39	0.001	0.99	0.87–1.13	0.881	4.72
Obesity	1580	7.07	6.74–7.42	0.89	0.79-1.00	0.055	1.44	1.27–1.64	< 0.001	5.99
Overgrown nail(s)	1233	5.52	5.23–5.83	0.81	0.70–0.93	0.003	0.91	0.79–1.06	0.229	4.68
Anal sac impaction	1071	4.80	4.52–5.08	0.96	0.83–1.11	0.572	1.15	0.99–1.34	0.069	5.24
Diarrhoea	852	3.81	3.57–4.07	1.04	0.87–1.23	0.667	1.04	0.87–1.25	0.671	2.93
Vomiting	679	3.04	2.82–3.27	0.97	0.80–1.17	0.749	0.99	0.81–1.21	0.944	3.54
Lameness	591	2.65	2.44–2.87	1.04	0.86–1.27	0.679	1.05	0.85–1.29	0.663	5.50
Osteoarthritis	522	2.34	2.14–2.54	1.24	1.01–1.52	0.045	1.33	1.06–1.67	0.013	11.30
Aggression	501	2.24	2.05–2.45	1.76	1.41–2.21	< 0.001	1.09	0.88–1.37	0.431	5.46
Conjunctivitis	500	2.24	2.05–2.44	1.00	0.81–1.23	0.979	1.04	0.83–1.30	0.739	4.03
Heart murmur	475	2.13	1.94–2.32	1.01	0.80–1.27	0.943	0.80	0.63–1.02	0.071	10.03
Skin mass	463	2.07	1.89–2.27	1.13	0.92–1.40	0.245	1.20	0.96–1.51	0.108	9.11
Flea infestation	458	2.05	1.87–2.25	0.89	0.71–1.12	0.320	0.71	0.56–0.91	0.006	4.18
Pruritus	363	1.63	1.46–1.80	0.94	0.74–1.20	0.617	1.03	0.80–1.33	0.826	4.79
Allergy	350	1.57	1.41–1.74	1.07	0.84–1.36	0.605	1.08	0.84–1.40	0.519	4.97
Undesirable behaviour	334	1.50	1.34–1.66	1.07	0.83–1.40	0.594	1.26	0.95–1.66	0.110	3.47
Pyoderma	325	1.46	1.30–1.62	0.96	0.75–1.24	0.757	0.85	0.65–1.10	0.209	5.37
Lipoma	322	1.44	1.29–1.61	1.22	0.94–1.58	0.127	1.58	1.18–2.11	0.002	10.10
Claw injury	309	1.38	1.23–1.55	1.08	0.84–1.38	0.558	1.03	0.79–1.33	0.851	4.89
Pododermatitis	303	1.36	1.21–1.52	1.18	0.91–1.53	0.210	1.29	0.98–1.69	0.070	5.58
Gastroenteritis	298	1.33	1.19–1.49	1.23	0.93–1.62	0.153	1.15	0.86–1.54	0.357	3.87
Foreign body	283	1.27	1.12–1.42	1.53	1.13–2.08	0.006	1.20	0.88–1.63	0.262	2.81
Post-operative wound complication	265	1.19	1.05–1.34	0.84	0.56–1.26	0.394	0.93	0.60–1.43	0.727	3.33
Atopic dermatitis	256	1.15	1.01–1.29	1.00	0.76–1.32	0.989	1.36	1.02–1.83	0.040	5.75
Wound	250	1.12	1.01–1.29	1.42	1.05–1.92	0.022	0.83	0.61–1.13	0.237	3.84
Skin cyst	246	1.10	0.97–1.25	0.84	0.63–1.12	0.244	0.89	0.66–1.21	0.466	7.63
Patellar luxation	233	1.04	0.91–1.19	0.85	0.64–1.14	0.289	1.07	0.79–1.47	0.655	4.29
Retained deciduous tooth	225	1.01	0.88–1.15	1.27	0.86–1.88	0.220	0.99	0.64–1.54	0.964	1.33
Coughing	220	0.99	0.86–1.12	1.68	1.21–2.33	0.002	0.93	0.67–1.30	0.685	6.02
Kennel Cough	215	0.96	0.84–1.10	1.13	0.82–1.56	0.462	0.91	0.65–1.29	0.602	3.78
Cataract	209	0.94	0.81–1.07	0.87	0.63–1.21	0.405	1.20	0.84–1.71	0.308	12.00
Umbilical hernia	208	0.93	0.81–1.07	0.76	0.48–1.18	0.225	0.94	0.56–1.59	0.831	1.03
Anal sac infection	200	0.90	0.78–1.03	0.79	0.58–1.08	0.137	0.78	0.57–1.07	0.123	5.96
Moist dermatitis	200	0.90	078-1.03	1.54	1.11–2.13	0.010	0.74	0.53–1.03	0.070	5.11
Alopecia	186	0.83	0.72–0.96	0.89	0.63–1.27	0.530	0.70	0.48–1.01	0.054	5.19
Haircoat disorder	183	0.82	0.71–0.95	1.14	0.80–1.63	0.480	0.90	0.62–1.31	0.586	3.66
Disorder unspecified	181	0.81	0.70–0.94	1.05	0.69–1.59	0.819	1.21	0.78–1.88	0.405	12.71
Thin	177	0.79	0.68–0.92	0.97	0.64–1.47	0.889	0.77	0.49–1.19	0.236	2.39
Dental disease	177	0.79	0.68–0.92	0.94	0.67–1.32	0.731	1.28	0.89–1.85	1.182	6.37
Urinary incontinence	175	0.78	0.67–0.91	0.24	0.16–0.37	< 0.001	1.90	1.23–2.95	0.004	11.60
Corneal ulceration	172	0.77	0.66–0.89	0.97	0.67–1.42	0.885	0.94	0.63–1.40	0.759	7.42
Dog bite	166	0.74	0.63–0.86	1.10	0.77–1.59	0.593	0.75	0.51–1.10	0.139	4.07
Ocular discharge	165	0.74	0.63–0.86	0.80	0.56–1.17	0.250	0.79	0.53–1.18	0.255	3.63
Laceration	160	0.72	0.61–0.84	1.50	1.02–2.20	0.037	1.51	1.01–2.57	0.043	3.58
Dermatitis	160	0.72	0.61–0.84	0.87	0.60–1.26	0.475	0.98	0.66–1.44	0.908	4.61
Collapsed	158	0.71	0.60–0.83	1.02	0.70–1.51	0.905	0.87	0.58–1.29	0.480	12.37
Skin lesions	156	0.70	0.59–0.82	1.18	0.79–1.77	0.411	0.88	0.58–1.34	0.562	3.22
Colitis	155	0.69	0.59–0.81	1.41	0.95–2.09	0.088	1.26	0.83–1.90	0.280	4.19
Seizure disorder	151	0.68	0.57–0.79	1.82	1.23–2.76	0.003	0.96	0.65–1.43	0.850	8.16
Tick infestation	151	0.68	0.57–0.79	0.97	0.66–1.42	0.870	0.99	0.66–1.49	0.973	3.84
Papilloma	150	0.67	0.57–0.79	1.01	0.70–1.46	0.947	1.16	0.79–1.71	0.453	10.63
Cruciate disease	149	0.67	0.56–0.78	0.71	0.50–1.01	0.055	1.34	0.91–1.97	0.138	7.57
Post-operative complication (not wound-related)	148	0.66	0.56–0.78	0.84	0.56–1.26	0.394	0.93	0.60–1.43	0.727	2.42
Anorexia	146	0.65	0.55–0.77	1.06	0.72–1.58	0.755	0.90	0.60–1.36	0.617	7.43
Stiffness	142	0.64	0.55–0.75	1.08	0.75–1.57	0.665	1.16	0.78–1.72	0.467	10.72
Urinary tract infection	131	0.59	0.49–0.70	0.33	0.21–0.50	< 0.001	1.85	1.17–2.92	0.008	8.50
Anxious/distressed	130	0.58	0.49–0.69	1.11	0.74–1.67	0.617	1.03	0.67–1.57	0.894	4.65
Cryptorchidism	127	0.57	0.47–0.68	~	~	~	~	~	~	1.34
Lethargy	126	0.56	0.47–0.67	1.20	0.78–1.85	0.410	1.13	0.72–1.77	0.609	5.21
Dietary indiscretion	125	0.56	0.47–0.67	1.27	0.81–1.98	0.291	1.12	0.70–1.79	0.637	2.04
Weight loss	120	0.54	0.45–0.64	0.78	0.51–1.18	0.240	0.64	0.41–0.99	0.044	11.20
Adverse reaction to drug	117	0.52	0.43–0.63	1.84	1.17–2.87	0.008	1.05	0.67–1.65	0.836	3.54
Musculoskeletal injury	115	0.51	0.43–0.62	1.40	0.91–2.14	0.127	1.34	0.85–1.12	0.207	4.74
Ear disorder	113	0.51	0.42–0.61	1.29	0.84–1.98	0.247	1.15	0.73–1.79	0.545	4.33
Polyuria/polydipsia	110	0.49	0.41–0.59	0.84	0.54–1.29	0.426	1.34	0.84–2.14	0.225	10.31
Flea bite hypersensitivity	108	0.48	0.40–0.58	0.87	0.55–1.37	0.547	0.64	0.40–1.02	0.061	4.85
Gastritis	105	0.47	0.38–0.57	0.78	0.47–1.28	0.328	0.88	0.52–1.48	0.622	4.05
Spinal pain	103	0.46	0.38–0.56	0.85	0.55–1.31	0.463	0.89	0.57–1.40	0.624	7.91
Mammary mass	102	0.46	0.37–0.55	0.01	0.00-0.07	< 0.001	0.41	0.25–0.69	0.001	10.58

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