West Highland White Terriers under primary veterinary care in the UK in 2016: demography, mortality and disorders

Table 3 Prevalence of the most common disorders at a fine-level of diagnostic precision recorded in West Highland White Terriers (n = 2058) under UK primary veterinary care from January 1st 2016 to December 31st, 2016 at practices participating in the VetCompass™ Programme. The P-value reflects prevalence comparison between females and males

Fine-level disorder	Count	Overall prevalence %	95% CI^a	Female prevalence %	Male prevalence %	P-Value^b	Median age (years)
Periodontal disease	323	15.7	14.1–17.3	17.7	14.0	0.024	9.4
Otitis externa	218	10.6	9.3–12.0	8.7	12.2	0.011	8.7
Overgrown nails	149	7.2	6.2–8.4	8.2	6.5	0.144	8.4
Allergic skin disorder	134	6.5	5.5–7.7	5.9	7.0	0.319	8.1
Obesity	126	6.1	5.1–7.2	7.1	5.3	0.092	7.2
Anal sac impaction	105	5.1	4.2–6.1	5.9	4.4	0.118	7.3
Pododermatitis	88	4.3	3.4–5.2	3.8	4.7	0.333	6.7
Flea infestation	62	3.0	2.3–3.8	3.0	3.1	0.901	7.3
Pyoderma	55	2.7	2.0–3.5	2.0	3.2	0.086	9.8
Osteoarthritis	53	2.6	1.9–3.6	2.7	2.5	0.855	11.5
Atopic dermatitis	51	2.5	1.9–3.2	2.0	2.9	0.208	8.7
Diarrhoea	50	2.4	1.8–3.2	2.5	2.3	0.767	8.2
Aggression	41	2.0	1.4–2.7	1.1	2.8	0.005	7.8
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca	41	2.0	1.4–2.7	2.4	1.6	0.187	10.8
Dental disease	40	1.9	1.4–2.6	1.8	2.1	0.660	7.4
Haircoat disorder	40	1.9	1.4–2.6	2.4	1.5	0.138	7.6
Cruciate disease	38	1.8	1.3–2.5	2.3	1.4	0.135	8.4
Dermatitis	37	1.8	1.3–2.5	1.4	2.2	0.183	8.6
Vomiting	36	1.7	1.2–2.4	2.3	1.3	0.065	9.2
Conjunctivitis	28	1.4	0.9–2.0	1.5	1.3	0.664	7.4
Aural discharge	28	1.4	0.9–2.0	1.5	1.3	0.664	7.7
Skin mass	27	1.3	0.9–1.9	1.1	1.5	0.350	10.7
Ticks infestation	26	1.3	0.8–1.8	1.5	1.1	0.415	7.8
Cataract	25	1.2	0.8–1.8	1.6	0.9	0.156	13.9
Diabetes mellitus	25	1.2	0.8–1.8	1.3	1.2	0.835	11.2
Gastroenteritis	24	1.2	0.7–1.7	1.4	1.0	0.416	7.5
Skin cyst	24	1.2	0.7–1.7	0.9	1.4	0.213	10.1

^aCI confidence interval ^bP-Values in bold highlight disorders that differ in prevalence between males and females

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