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Table 6 Multivariable results from analytical statistics. Odds ratios (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) from multivariable logistic regression analyses including variables that were associated with low body condition score in 598 necropsied unowned unsocialised domestic cats in Denmark

From: Assessing welfare risks in unowned unsocialised domestic cats in Denmark based on associations with low body condition score

Variable

Category

Odds ratio

Std. error

Lower 95% CI

Upper 95% CI

Intercept

Juvenile/Intact female/winter-spring/No other findings

1

Reference

Season

Spring/summer

4.0

0.5

1.6

11.4

Summer/autumn

1.1

0.5

0.4

3.2

Age-group

Adult

30.6

1.1

5.6

598

Reproductive status

Female, pregnant

1.2

0.5

0.4

3.0

Female, neutered

0.0

957.7

0.0

Male, intact

1.9

0.4

0.9

4.2

Male, neutered

0.0

1263.9

0.0

Lice

Present

2.8

0.3

1.4

5.4

Gastrointestinal (GI)

Findingsa

49.5

0.9

9.5

417

Teeth

Lesionsa

1.1

0.4

0.5

2.3

Skin

Lesionsa

0.7

0.7

0.2

2.3

Feline immuno-deficiency virus (FIV)

Positive

1.1

0.4

0.4

2.5

Ear mites

Present

2.0

0.4

0.8

4.7

  1. aFindings included: gastro-intestinal: diarrhoea, obstructive foreign bodies, enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes, abdominal hernia, diaphragmatic hernia; teeth: missing or damaged teeth; skin: ulcerations, bites, othaematoma