Dog Ownership and Cardiovascular Health: Results From the Kardiovize 2030 Project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association of pet ownership, and specifically dog ownership, with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) risk factors and cardiovascular health (CVH) in the Kardiovize Brno 2030 study, a randomly selected prospective cohort in Central Europe.

Patients and methods

We included 1769 subjects (aged from 25 to 64 years; 44.3% males) with no history of CVD who were recruited from January 1, 2013, to December 19, 2014. We compared sociodemographic characteristics, CVD risk factors, CVH metrics (ie, body mass index, healthy diet, physical activity level, smoking status, blood pressure, fasting glucose, and total cholesterol), and score between pet owners and non-pet owners or dog owners and several other subgroups.

Results

Approximately 42% of subjects ow

SUBMITTER: Maugeri A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713897 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature