ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine
Frequency, Risk Factors, and Mortality for Diabetes Mellitus in 1 225 130 Cats Under Primary Veterinary Care in the United Kingdom in 2019.
Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Endocrine diseases in Brazilian small-animal hospitals and referral caseloads: A systematic review and meta-analysis of proportions.Open veterinary journal · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of aminoglycosides on macrophage viability and antimicrobial function under high-glucose exposure.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Frequency, Risk Factors, and Mortality for Diabetes Mellitus in 1 225 130 Cats Under Primary Veterinary Care in the United Kingdom in 2019.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundDiabetes mellitus (DM) is a common endocrinopathy in cats. General population epidemiology and mortality studies on DM are lacking.
objectivesDescribe the incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and mortality for DM in cats under primary veterinary care in the United Kingdom (UK). ANIMALS: Random sample of 1053 confirmed DM cases from 1 255 130 cats in VetCompass.
methodsRetrospective cohort study with a nested case-control study. Period prevalence and incidence risk of DM for 2019 were calculated. Multivariable logistic regression modeling was used to identify risk factors for DM.
resultsAnnual prevalence was 0.39% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.37-0.42). Incidence risk (2019) was 0.14% (95% CI, 0.13-0.16). Mean age and median adult body weight of incident cases diagnosed with DM was 11.8 ± 3.5 years (n = 371) and 5.9 kg (interquartile range: 4.6-7.1, n = 327). Odds of DM were increased in cats ≥ 9.0 years (odds ratio [OR]: 5.11, CI, 4.10-6.24) compared with cats 4.5-9.0 years. Burmese (OR: 2.07, CI, 1.29-3.31) and Burmillas (OR: 8.30, CI, 2.59-26.62) had increased odds, whereas Bengals (OR: 0.24, CI: 0.06-0.98) and Ragdolls (OR: 0.11, CI: 0.02-0.80) had decreased odds of DM compared with crossbreeds. Of 51.2% (192/375) cats dead within 3 years of diagnosis, 93.0% (176/192) were euthanized; 19.7% (35/178) were euthanized ≤ 3 days after diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Almost 1/250 cats in the UK live with DM annually. Burmillas were predisposed to DM, and protection against DM was shown in Bengals and Ragdolls. Early mortality associated with DM diagnosis in cats is high.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.