Blood Pressure, Serum Glucose, Cholesterol, and Triglycerides in Dogs with Different Body Scores

Table 3

Absolute frequency and relative hyperglycemia (>100 mg/dL), hypercholesterolemia (>300 mg/dL), hypertriglyceridemia (>200 mg/dL), hypertension (>160 mmHg), castration, and sex in 271 dogs grouped according to body condition and inclusion criteria for MS.

		BCS 4-5	BCS 6-7	BCS 8-9	MS
Hyperglycemia	Yes/no
	%	14.85	27.72	36.23	37.09
Hypercholesterolemia	Yes/no
	%	17.82	28.71	42.03	79.03
Hypertriglyceridemia	Yes/no
	%	15.84	27.72	43.48	91.94
SH	Yes/no
	%	0.09	12.87	27.54	38.71
Spayed	Yes/no
	%	39.61	56.44	71.01	79.03
Sex	F/M
	%	56.44	65.35	62.32	61.29

Followed proportions of different letters in the same line differed in the Chi-square test (). SH: systolic hypertension, MS: metabolic syndrome, and BCS: body condition score.