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In the study, the researchers looked at the relationship between dog ownership and cardiovascular health. The results suggest that dog owners have a lower risk of heart disease because the four-legged friends provide social support and boost their owners' physical activity.
This is not the first study to suggest that dog ownership may be a boon to health. Multiple previous studies, for example, have found links between dog ownership and a lower risk of heart disease, according to the new study. And in 2013, the American Heart Association released a scientific statement to that same effect.
The data were collected from Sweden's Register of the Total Population, which contains information on birth, migration, changes of citizenship, family and marital status, and death for all Swedish citizens and residents ages 18 and over. Specifically, the researchers chose to focus on data collected over a 12-year period, starting Jan. 1, 2001, according to the study.
"Perhaps a dog may stand in as an important family member in the single households," Mubanga said in the statement."The results showed that single dog owners had a 33 percent reduction in risk of death and 11 percent reduction in risk of cardiovascular disease during follow-up compared to single non-[dog] owners."
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