Association between pet ownership and coronary artery disease in a Chinese population

Medicine (United States)

Volumn 96, Issue 13, 2017, Pages

  Xie, Zhi Yong ^a   Zhao, Di ^a   Chen, Bing Rui ^a   Wang, You Nan ^a   Ma, Yao ^a   Shi, Hao Jie ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Wang, Ze Mu ^a   Wang, Lian Sheng ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Coronary artery disease; Pet ownership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAT; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DOG; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PET ANIMAL; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ANIMAL; MIDDLE AGED; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHINA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETS;

EID: 85016925438     PISSN: 00257974     EISSN: 15365964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000006466     Document Type: Article

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