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

Table 4 Prevalence of the most common disorders at a grouped-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

Grouped-level disorder	Count	Overall prevalence %	95% CI^a	Female prevalence %	Male prevalence %	P-Value^b	Median age (years)
Cutaneous	468	22.7	20.9–24.6	19.9	25.2	0.004	8.3
Dental	367	17.8	16.2–19.6	19.4	16.6	0.096	8.9
Aural	254	12.3	11.0–13.8	10.5	13.9	0.020	8.9
Claw/nail	179	8.7	7.5–10.0	9.3	8.2	0.365	8.4
Musculoskeletal	162	7.9	6.7–9.1	8.9	7.0	0.115	9.3
Enteropathic	146	7.1	6.0–8.3	8.2	6.2	0.087	8.0
Ophthalmological	143	6.9	5.9–8.1	7.5	6.5	0.356	10.8
Anal sac	127	6.2	5.2–7.3	6.9	5.6	0.221	7.3
Obesity	126	6.1	5.1–7.2	7.1	5.3	0.092	7.2
Mass-associated	109	5.3	4.4–6.4	5.9	4.7	0.205	11.7
Neoplastic	101	4.9	4.0–5.9	4.5	5.2	0.418	11.3
Parasite infestation	96	4.7	3.8–5.7	5.0	4.4	0.543	7.3
Behavioural	77	3.7	3.0–4.7	2.9	4.5	0.051	7.6
Lower respiratory tract	45	2.2	1.6–2.9	3.2	1.4	0.005	11.8
Cardiac	40	1.9	1.4–2.6	1.9	2.0	0.904	12.5
Upper respiratory tract	39	1.9	1.4–2.6	1.4	2.3	0.111	8.9
Endocrine	38	1.8	1.3–2.5	2.1	1.6	0.403	11.1
Urinary	38	1.8	1.3–2.5	2.9	1.0	0.002	12.7
Traumatic	33	1.6	1.1–2.2	1.2	2.0	0.143	5.3

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

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