Table 2 Comparison of prevalence of infectious agents detected by PCR in cats from Cyprus per categorical variable

Gender

174

 Male

96 (55.2)

7 (7.3)

21 (21.9)

6 (6.3)

25 (26.0)

34 (35.4)

10 (10.4)

2 (2.1)

 Female

78 (44.8)

6 (7.7)

15 (19.2)

6 (7.7)

21 (26.9)

32 (41.0)

9 (11.5)

2 (2.6)

Breed

174

 Non-Pedigree

159 (91.4)

13 (8.2)

35 (22.0)

12 (7.6)

45 (28.3)

65 (40.9)

19 (12.0)

4 (3.8)

 Pedigree

15 (8.6)

0 (0)

1 (6.7)

0 (0)

1 (6.7)

1 (6.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Housing

174

 Access to outdoors

134 (77.0)

13 (9.7)

35 (26.1)

10 (7.5)

44 (32.8)

55 (41.1)

17 (12.7)

4 (3.0)

 Indoors only

40 (23.0)

0 (0)

1 (2.5)

2 (5.0)

2 (5.0)

11 (27.5)

2 (5.0)

0 (0)

Lifestyle

174

 Shelter-feral

36 (20.7)

5 (13.9)

24 (66.6)

6 (16.7)

14 (38.9)

20 (55.6)

6 (16.7)

1 (2.8)

 Owned

138 (79.3)

8 (5.8)

12 (8.7)

6 (4.3)

32 (23.2)

46 (33.3)

13 (9.4)

3 (2.2)

District

174

 Paphos

59 (33.9)

4 (6.8)

14 (23.7)

4 (6.8)

16 (27.1)

23 (39.0)

10 (17.0)

4 (6.8)

 Nicosia

51 (29.4)

3 (5.9)

7 (13.7)

2 (3.9)

10 (19.6)

21 (41.2)

4 (7.8)

0 (0)

 Larnaca

28 (16.1)

2 (7.1)

5 (17.9)

1 (3.6)

6 (21.4)

8 (28.6)

2 (7.1)

0 (0)

 Limassol

22 (12.6)

2 (9.1)

8 (36.4)

3 (13.6)

9 (40.9)

7 (31.8)

3 (13.6)

0 (0)

 Famagousta

7 (4.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

4 (57.1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

 Kyrenia

7 (4.0)

2 (28.6)

2 (28.6)

2 (28.6)

5 (71.4)

3 (42.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Habitat

174

 Rural

65 (37.4)

7 (10.8)

17 (26.2)

6 (9.2)

21 (32.3)

33 (50.8)

8 (12.3)

2 (3.1)

 Urban

109 (62.6)

6 (5.5)

19 (17.4)

6 (5.5)

25 (22.9)

33 (30.3)

11 (10.1)

2 (1.8)

Travel history

174

 Never travelled abroad

159 (91.4)

13 (8.2)

32 (20.1)

11 (6.9)

42 (26.4)

65 (40.9)

17 (10.7)

4 (2.5)

 Travelled abroad

15 (8.6)

0 (0)

4 (26.7)

1 (6.7)

4 (26.7)

1 (6.7)

2 (13.3)

0 (0)

Health status

174

 Non-healthy

131 (75.3)

12 (9.2)

33 (25.2)

9 (6.9)

41 (31.3)

58 (44.3)

14 (10.7)

4 (3.1)

 Healthy

43 (24.7)

1 (2.3)

3 (6.9)

3 (7.0)

5 (11.6)

8 (18.6)

5 (11.6)

0 (0)

Vaccination status

165

 Never vaccinated

47 (28.5)

8 (17.0)

9 (19.2)

7 (14.9)

14 (29.8)

25 (53.2)

4 (8.5)

1 (2.1)

 Vaccinated

118 (71.5)

5 (4.2)

23 (19.5)

5 (4.2)

28 (23.7)

36 (30.5)

15 (12.7)

3 (2.5)

Ectoparasitic prevention status

165

 Never used

62 (37.6)

8 (12.9)

15 (24.2)

7 (11.3)

21 (33.9)

31 (50.0)

9 (14.5)

2 (3.2)

 Used

103 (62.4)

5 (4.9)

17 (16.5)

5 (4.9)

21 (20.4)

30 (29.1)

10 (9.7)

2 (1.9)

Anaemia

132

 Anaemic

29 (22.0)

3 (10.4)

9 (31.0)

3 (10.3)

9 (31.0)

13 (44.8)

3 (10.4)

1 (3.5)

 Non-anaemic

103 (78.0)

6 (5.8)

18 (17.5)

5 (4.9)

23 (22.3)

33 (32.0)

16 (15.5)

3 (2.9)

FeLV

164

 Positive

10 (6.1)

1 (10.0)

3 (30.0)

2 (20.0)

3 (30.0)

5 (50.0)

0 (0)

1 (10.0)

 Negative

154 (93.9)

10 (6.5)

30 (19.5)

9 (5.8)

39 (25.3)

59 (38.3)

18 (11.7)

3 (2.0)

FIV

164

 Positive

31 (18.9)

4 (12.9)

17 (54.8)

7 (22.6)

19 (61.3)

17 (54.8)

5 (16.1)

1 (3.2)

 Negative

133 (81.1)

7 (5.3)

16 (12.0)

4 (3.0)

23 (17.3)

47 (35.3)

13 (9.8)

3 (2.3)

Total

174

13 (7.5)

36 (20.7)

12 (6.9)

46 (26.4)

66 (37.9)

19 (10.9)

4 (2.3)