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

Table 4

Results of the univariate analyses showing the association of the variables to the risk of infection for the most frequently detected pathogens.

Variables	Pathogen	χ^2	value	OR	95% CI
Lifestyle	CPV	4.54	0.0331	2.68	1.15–6.23
	CCoVs	33.27	<0.0001	14.96	5.36–41.69
	CAVs	9.6	0.0019	4.16	1.71–10.09
	CDV	2	0.1572	2.35	0.83–6.61
	E. coli	1.67	0.1383	0.54	0.24–1.21
	CPA	0.13	0.5605	1.29	0.54–3.09
	Enterococcus spp.	0.06	0.5825	1.4	0.42–4.64
Age	CPV	4.04	0.0444	0.2	0.04–0.91
	CCoVs	2.55	0.1102	2.56	0.9–7.27
	CAVs	2.83	0.0925	3.29	0.92–11.68
	CDV	11.15	0.0007	0.17	0.06–0.47
	E.coli	0.05	0.6475	1.26	0.46–3.42
	CPA	3.21	0.0470	0.38	0.14–0.98
	Enterococcus spp.	—	—	—	—
Gender	CPV	0.19	0.5190	0.75	0.32–1.75
	CCoVs	0.52	0.3645	1.41	0.66–3.02
	CAVs	0.05	0.6627	0.83	0.37–1.87
	CDV	0.84	0.2464	0.56	0.21–1.49
	E.coli	0.19	0.5190	1.31	0.57–3.03
	CPA	2.23	0.0884	0.45	0.18–1.12
	Enterococcus spp.	0.05	0.9287	0.94	0.28–3.15
Breed	CPV	0.02	0.7076	0.83	0.33–2.09
	CCoVs	2.39	0.0841	2.18	0.9–5.31
	CAVs	2.65	0.0706	2.61	0.92–7.43
	CDV	0.25	0.4416	1.58	0.48–5.14
	E.coli	5.89	0.0137	4.88	1.38–17.22
	CPA	0.08	0.7810	1.15	0.41–3.2
	Enterococcus spp.	1.65	0.1387	4.8	0.6–38.82