Impact of dog and/or cat ownership on functional constipation at 3 years of age: the Japan Environment and Children’s study

Abstract Purpose This investigation assessed the impact of dog and/or cat ownership during infancy on the presence of functional constipation (FC) at 3 years of age. Methods The fixed data of 73,936 singleton births from a large national birth cohort study commencing in 2011 were used to identify FC...

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Main Authors: Noriko Motoki, Yuji Inaba, Hirokazu Toubou, Kohei Hasegawa, Takumi Shibazaki, Teruomi Tsukahara, Tetsuo Nomiyama, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Pediatrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-023-04412-4