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Pet ownership and risk factors for cardiovascular disease

The Medical Journal of Australia · 1992 · Vol. 157(5) · pp. 298–301

Warwick P. Anderson✉(Baker Engineering (United States))Christopher M. Reid(Baker Engineering (United States))Garry Jennings(Baker Engineering (United States))

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Abstract

Pet owners in our clinic population had lower levels of accepted risk factors for cardiovascular disease, and this was not explicable on the basis of cigarette smoking, diet, body mass index or socioeconomic profile. The possibility that pet ownership reduces cardiovascular risk factors should therefore be investigated.

Human-Animal Interaction Studies Agriculture and Farm Safety Smoking Behavior and CessationBlood pressureMedicineBody mass indexSocioeconomic statusTriglyceridePopulationDiseaseInternal medicineDiastoleCholesterol

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AnimalsAnimals, DomesticBehaviorBlood PressureCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolDietFemaleHumansMaleOwnershipRisk FactorsSmokingSocioeconomic FactorsTriglycerides

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