Journal article
A multicenter, matched case-control study of risk factors for equine laminitis
Preventive veterinary medicine, Vol.49(3), pp.209-222
2001
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(01)00188-X
PMID: 11311954
Abstract
Risk factors for equine laminitis were examined in a prospective case-control study of the 258 cases seen at six collaborating veterinary teaching hospitals over a 32-month period. Case-control pairs were matched on institution, clinician, and season of diagnosis. The 90% of case-control pairs (78 acute, 155 chronic) that had complete data for age, gender, and breed were used in separate conditional logistic-regression models for acute and chronic laminitis. There was an increase in risk for horses with acute laminitis from 5 to 7 years of age (OR 4.7, 95% CI 1.3–16) and from 13 to 31 years of age (OR 3.9, 95% CI 1.3–12) (both compared to <5 years); risk was increased for chronic laminitis from 10 to 14 years (OR 3, 95% CI 1.4–6.8) and from 15 to 38 years (OR 2.9, 95% CI 1.4–6.1) (both compared to <6 years). Mares — but not stallions — were more likely than geldings to develop acute laminitis (OR 2.6, 95% CI 1.1–6.2) and chronic laminitis (OR 2.0, 95% CI 1.1–3.6). In the small acute-laminitis data set, the breed variable was collapsed into three categories: Thoroughbred (THB, reference), the Quarter Horse (QH), and other (non-QH-THB). The non-QH-THB group was at increased risk of acute laminitis (OR 3.8, 95% CI 1.2–11.8). For the seven breed-group categories used in the chronic-laminitis model, however, all non-THB breed groups appeared significantly at risk as compared to the THB, with odds ratios ranging from 3.3 (95% CI 1.3–8.30) for the QH to 9.1 (95% CI 2.1–39.3) for ponies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A multicenter, matched case-control study of risk factors for equine laminitis
- Creators
- P Alford - Texas A&M UniversityS Geller - Texas A&M UniversityB Richrdson - Texas A&M UniversityM Slater - Texas A&M UniversityC Honnas - Texas A&M UniversityJ Foreman - Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, 1008 West Hazelwood Drive, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USAJ Robinson - Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USAM Messer - University of MissouriM Roberts - North Carolina State UniversityD Goble - University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleD Hood - Texas A&M UniversityM Chaffin - Texas A&M University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Preventive veterinary medicine, Vol.49(3), pp.209-222
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0167-5877(01)00188-X
- PMID
- 11311954
- ISSN
- 0167-5877
- eISSN
- 1873-1716
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2001
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984363582702771
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