Lifestyle as Risk Factor for Infectious Causes of Death in Young Dogs: A Retrospective Study in Southern Italy (2015–2017)

Table 3

Correlation of the categories of infection to lifestyle, age, gender, and breed.

Category of infection	Variable	χ^2		OR	95% CI
Pure viral	Lifestyle	1.67	0.1962	0.54	0.25–1.21
	Age	0.04	0.8313	1.26	0.46–3.42
	Gender	0.19	0.5094	0.74	0.31–1.77
	Bacterial	Lifestyle	1.67	0.1962	0.54	0.25–1.21
Age		0.04	0.8313	1.26	0.46–3.42
Gender		0.19	0.5094	0.74	0.31–1.77
Breed		9.91	0.0012	0.22	0.08–0.5
Mixed viral	Lifestyle	6.35	0.0117	3.24	1.26–8.33
	Age	0.31	0.5776	0.66	0.33–1.54
	Gender	0.11	0.5873	0.79	0.34–1.82
	Breed	0.12	0.5591	1.32	0.51–3.43
Bacterial	Lifestyle	6.31	0.0120	0.2	0.05–0.77
	Age	2.07	0.1497	4.12	0.51–32.76
	Gender	0.77	0.2546	2.01	0.60–6.69
	Breed	2.84	0.0788	6.37	0.8–50.39
Mixed viral-bacterial	Lifestyle	3.67	0.0551	1.95	0.98–3.88
	Age	1.4	0.2355	0.6	0.26–1.38
	Gender	0.01	0.9276	1.03	0.5–2.09
	Breed	1.54	0.1531	1.54	0.8–3.98