Dog ownership may promote cardiometabolic health in U.S. military veterans

Abstract Dog ownership has been associated with reduced cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in civilian epidemiological samples. Associations between dog ownership and cardiometabolic disease were examined in the 2019–2020 wave of the National Health and Resilience in Veterans Study. Dog and cat...

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Main Authors: Steven H. Woodward, Stephen R. Baldassarri, Robert H. Pietrzak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38038-4