The shared risk of diabetes between dog and cat owners and their pets: register based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether dog and cat owners and their pets share a risk of developing diabetes.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

Register based longitudinal study, Sweden.

Participants

208 980 owner-dog pairs and 123 566 owner-cat pairs identified during a baseline assessment period (1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006).

Main outcome measures

Type 2 diabetes events in dog and cat owners and diabetes events in their pets, including date of diagnosis during the follow-up period (1 January 2007 to 31 December 2012). Owners with type 2 diabetes were identified by combining information from the National Patient Register, the Cause of Death Register, and the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register. Information on diabetes in the pets was extracted from veterinary

SUBMITTER: Delicano RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7726310 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature