Predisposition of cats to hyperglycemia in connection with age and sexual identity
The article examines the results of a study of the predisposition of cats to increase blood glucose levels due to age and gender. A statistical study was conducted using the results of a biochemical blood test in 196 cats, in which the blood glucose concentration exceeded 9.0 mmol /l. The results were divided into four groups according to their age: the younger, the middle, the older, and the group of elderly cats. There was also a division in the degree of hyperglycemia - a weak, moderate high and very high degree. It was found that the highest incidence of cats with hyperglycemia falls on the older age group from 9 to 14 years and is 43%. Less often, hyperglycemia is registered in cats of the middle group (4-8 years) - in 27% of cases. In younger and older groups, hyperglycemia is most rarely detected (11% and 12%). When considering the incidence of hyperglycemia, the following results were obtained: 57% of cases are of a low degree. Hyperglycemia of moderate and high degree occurs approximately with the same frequency - 19% and 18%, respectively. The lowest occurrence (6%) is detected in animals with a very high degree of hyperglycemia. When considering the occurrence of hyperglycaemic cats on the basis of sex, a stable tendency to prevalence of males in all age periods is revealed. A significant predominance of males with an advantage of 23.8-48.6% was revealed. A particularly large proportion of males is defined in hyperglycemia of a strong and very strong degree.