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Table 1 Breed distribution and OR for diabetes mellitus (fructosamine > 315 μmol/L)

From: Breed distributions for diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism in Norwegian dogs

Breed

No. of cases

Odds Ratio A: VCPL

Odds Ratio B: NKK

Ranks A - B

No. of dogs in CG: A - B

Mean age of cases in the breed

% Females

Australian Terrier

54

11.4 (8.2–15.6)**

11.0 (8.1–14.6)**

1st - 1st

218–680

8.6 (7.9–9.3)

57%

Swedish Lapphund

37

8.2 (5.5–11.8)**

7.7 (5.3–10.7)**

2nd -2nd

192–646

8.9 (8.1–9.7)

52%

Samoyed

63

4.5 (3.4–5.9)**

3.2 (2.5–4.2)**

3rd -7th

547–2545

9.1 (8.5–9.7)

70%

Schipperke

10

3.6 (1.7–6.9)**

3.5 (1.6–6.5)**

4th -6th

104–367

9.9 (8.4–11.4)

50%

Keeshond

16

3.2 (1.8–5.4)**

5.7 (3.2–9.4)**

5th -4th

185–366

9.3 (8.1–10.5)

57%

Finnish Hound

54

2.7 (2.0–3.6)**

2.0 (1.5–2.7)**

6th -10th

728–3414

7.4 (6.8–8.1)

59%

Hamiltonstövare

16

2.6 (1.5–4.4)**

1.6 (0.9–2.7)*

7th -12th

222–1240

7.1 (5.9–8.4)

64%

West Highland White Terrier

40

2.6 (1.8–3.6)**

6.1 (4.3–8.4)**

8th -3rd

570–868

9.5 (8.7–10.3)

47%

Border Collie

193

2.6 (2.2–3.0)**

1.6 (1.3–1.8)**

9th -14th

2872–16,150

9.2 (8.9–9.6)

88%

Norwegian Buhund

23

2.5 (1.5–3.8)**

1.7 (1.1–2.6)**

10th -11th

331–1700

10.0 (9.0–11.0)

95%

Basenji

14

2.5 (1.3–4.2)**

2.8 (1.5–4.7)**

11th - 8th

207–649

10.2 (8.9–11.5)

56%

Bichon Frise

149

2.3 (2.0–2.8)**

3.5 (3.0–4.2)**

12th -5th

2381–5692

9.5 (9.1–9.9)

60%

Finnish Lapponian dog

26

2.2 (1.4–3.3)**

1.4 (0.9–2.0)NS

13th -21st

427–2425

9.5 (8.6–10.5)

44%

Jämthund

40

2.2 (1.5–3.0)**

1.1 (0.8–1.5)NS

14th -23rd

667–4697

8.0 (7.2–8.7)

94%

English Setter

259

2.1 (1.8–2.4)**

2.5 (2.2–2.8)**

15th -9th

4719–14,216

9.2 (8.9–9.5)

62%

Cairn Terrier

55

1.8 (1.3–2.3)**

1.6 (1.2–2.1)**

16th -13th

1111–4308

9.5 (8.9–10.2)

43%

Miniature Poodle

37

1.6 (1.1–2.2)**

1.4 (1.0–2.0)*

17th -18th

835–3305

9.3 (8.5–10.1)

60%

Lagotto Romagnolo

10

1.5 (0.7–2.8)NS

0.8 (0.4–1.6)NS

18th -28th

239–1475

9.6 (8.1–11.1)

57%

Tibetan Terrier

17

1.4 (0.8–2.3)NS

1.5 (0.9–2.4)NS

19th -16th

417–1457

8.2 (7.0–9.4)

36%

Japanese Spitz

19

1.4 (0.8–2.3)NS

0.9 (0.5–1.4)NS

20th -27th

470–2756

8.0 (6.8–9.2)

38%

Newfoundland

10

0.3 (0.2–0.6)**

0.6 (0.3–1.1)NS

45th -38th

1003–2142

7.3 (5.8–8.8)

50%

Collie

13

0.3 (0.2–0.5)**

0.4 (0.2–0.8)**

46th -43rd

1392–3671

6.8 (5.5–8.2)

57%

German Pointing Dog

21

0.3 (0.2–0.4)**

0.4 (0.2–0.6)**

47th -45th

2468–7053

9.8 (8.7–10.9)

80%

Golden Retriever

49

0.3 (0.2–0.4)**

0.4 (0.3–0.5)**

48th -44th

5730–15,324

7.3 (6.6–8.0)

59%

German Shepherd

18

0.1 (0.05–0.1)**

0.1 (0.1–0.2)**

49th -49th

6273–19,999

7.1 (5.9–8.3)

69%

  1. The table shows the odds ratio per breed calculated with the two comparator groups. The confidence interval of the OR is set to 95% and is marked within the parenthesis. The number of cases per breed and the rank for each breed within the different comparator groups are listed. P-values for the OR calculations are marked with * ≤ 0.05, ** ≤ 0.01, and NS (not significant) > 0.05. Comparator group A consist of the total submitted blood samples for dogs for any reason to VCPL, and comparator group B consist of new NKK registrations. Both comparator groups consist of registrations from 2001 to 2018, and the number of dogs in the comparator groups (CG) are listed. The mean age of the cases and % females in the breeds are listed in the table