Case-Control Study of Risk Factors Associated with Feline and Canine Chronic Kidney Disease

Table 4

Biologic systems models regarding urinary symptoms (Model 1), weight loss (Model 2) and miscellaneous (Model 3)—adjusted for dog weight^1,2,3.

	OR	LC	UC		OR	LC	UC
Model 1
X_thrst	5.5	2.5	12	Wtkg10	1.7	1.3	2.2
Model 2
Wgt_Loss	5.8	1.6	21	Refusal	8.3	1.6	43
Dec_ap	3.2	1.1	8.9	WtKg10	1.6	1.2	2.2
Model 3
Leth	2.5	1.2	5.1	Breath	2.6	1.1	6.0
WtKg10	1.4	1.1	1.8

¹OR = Odds ratio estimate with the lower (LC) and upper (UC) 95% confidence interval.
²Variables are defined in Table 3.
³The following variables were evaluated.
Model 1: WtKg10 x_thrst, Ur_more Ur_large Ur_acc,
Model 2: WtKg10 Wgtloss Dec_ap Refusal vomit,
Model 3: WtKg10 Leth Plaque Breath,
Nonsignificant variables (underlined) were removed.