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Table 3 Mean ± SD of demographic data for 42 pugs allocated to BOAS groups

From: Reference ranges for standard-echocardiography in pugs and impact of clinical severity of Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) on echocardiographic parameters

 

BOAS-

BOAS+

p value

N = 42

21

21

 

age [years]

4.1 ± 2.0

4.6 ± 2.2

0.5164

BW [kg]

9.0 ± 1.2

8.7 ± 1.4

0.5489

BS [m2]

0.44 ± 0.04

0.43 ± 0.05

0.5311

HR [bpm]

107 ± 22

113 ± 21

0.5305

SAP [mmHg]

118.2 ± 11.9

121.1 ± 12.1

0.3884

sex

  male ( n /i)

10 (1/9)

10 (2/8)

1.0000

  female ( n /i)

11 (2/9)

11 (5/6)

 
  1. BOAS Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome, bpm Beats per minute, BS Body surface area, BW Body weight, HR Heart rate, i Intact, N Number of subjects, n Neutered, SAP Systolic arterial pressure
  2. BOAS functional grading system according to Liu et al. 2015, modified to present study design. P values from comparsion of BOAS- to BOAS+ group by using Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Significant p values are highlighted with an asterisk (*).