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Pet Ownership and Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, v 25(9), pp 1311-1316
Sep 2016
PMID: 27365150
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Abstract
Pet ownership and cancer are both highly prevalent in the United States. Evidence suggests that associations may exist between this potentially modifiable factor and cancer prevention, though studies are sparse. The present report examined whether pet ownership (dog, cat, or bird) is associated with lower risk for total cancer and site-specific obesity-related cancers.
This was a prospective analysis of 123,560 participants (20,981 dog owners; 19,288 cat owners; 1,338 bird owners; and 81,953 non-pet owners) enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative observational study and clinical trials. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate HR and 95% confidence intervals for the association between pet ownership and cancer, adjusted for potential confounders.
There were no significant relationships between ownership of a dog, cat, or bird and incidence of cancer overall. When site-specific cancers were examined, no associations were observed after adjustment for multiple comparisons.
Pet ownership had no association with overall cancer incidence.
This is the first large epidemiologic study to date to explore relationships between pet ownership and cancer risk, as well as associated risks for individual cancer types. This study requires replication in other sizable, diverse cohorts. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 25(9); 1311-6. ©2016 AACR.
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- Title
- Pet Ownership and Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative
- Creators
- David O Garcia - University of ArizonaEric M Lander - University of ArizonaBetsy C Wertheim - University of ArizonaJoAnn E Manson - Brigham and Women's HospitalStella L Volpe - Drexel UniversityRowan T Chlebowski - Los Angeles Biomedical Research InstituteMarcia L Stefanick - Stanford UniversityLawrence S Lessin - Washington Cancer InstituteLewis H Kuller - University of PittsburghCynthia A Thomson - University of Arizona
- Publication Details
- Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention, v 25(9), pp 1311-1316
- Publisher
- American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
- Grant note
- HHSN268201100046C / NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201100002I / NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN271201100004C / NIA NIH HHS HHSN268201100001C / WHI NIH HHS HHSN268201100004I / NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201100002C / WHI NIH HHS HHSN268201100001I / NHLBI NIH HHS HHSN268201100003C / WHI NIH HHS P30 CA023074 / NCI NIH HHS HHSN268201100004C / WHI NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Nutrition Sciences
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000383044500005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84986197510
- Other Identifier
- 991019167640904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Oncology
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health