Porcine Health Management

Table 6 Descriptive analysis of clinical findings potentially associated with Score-H^a Stages 1/2 and 3/4 (starting set for multivariable modelling)

From: Scoring shoulder ulcers in breeding sows – is a distinction between substantial and insubstantial animal welfare-related lesions possible on clinical examination?

Quantitative variable		N	Mean	Median	CV^b	Min	5%^c	95%^d	Max	P^e
DOS^f	Stage 1/2	60	2.1	2.1	56.1	0.3	0.5	4.3	6.0
DOS^f	Stage 3/4	60	4.1	3.9	47.0	0.5	0.9	7.7	8.8	<.0001
Qualitative variables	Category	Stages 1/2			Stages 3/4			OR^g	P^h	Clⁱ
		N	%		n	%
Powm^j	no	29	48.3		59	98.3		1
Powm^j	yes	31	51.7		1	1.7		63.1	<.0001	8.2–485.1
Mass	no	13	21.7		47	78.3		1
Mass	yes	47	78.3		13	21.7		13.1	<.0001	5.5–31.2
> 1 scratch	no	44	73.3		32	53.3		1
> 1 scratch	yes	16	26.7		28	46.7		0.4	0.0244	0.2–0.9

^aHistopathological Score
^bCoefficient of variation
^c5th percentile
^d95th percentile
^ep-value Wald’s Chi²-Test
^fDiameter of scab
^gOdds Ratio
^hp-value Chi²-Test
ⁱ95% Wald’s confidence interval
^jProliferation of wound margins

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