1. PLoS ONE: To Have or Not To Have a Pet for Better Health?
sum of disease indicators.
Dog or No Dog? Among pet owners, 58% had Dogs while 42% did not. Statistically significant associations of Dog ownership were obtained with age, marital status, basic education, housing, and working in agriculture
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2. SpringerLink - Clinical Autonomic Research, Volume 11, Number 5
the presence of the dog had no effect on these variables. Heart period LF/HF ratio was lowest in dog owners in the presence
of the dog (dog present 2.8±0.3 versus dog absent 3.4±0.4; p<0.001) and in non-dog owners in the
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007%2FBF02332977 - 47.7kb
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