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ey0018.12-7 | Type 2 Diabetes | ESPEYB18

12.7. The shared risk of diabetes between dog and cat owners and their pets: register based cohort study

RA Delicano , U Hammar , A Egenvall , C Westgarth , M Mubanga , L Byberg , T Fall , B Kennedy

BMJ. 2020 Dec 10;371:m4337. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4337.In brief: Owners of dogs which have with diabetes are more likely to develop T2DM themselves than owners of dogs without diabetes. The underlying mechanisms might include shared diabetogenic health behaviours and environmental exposures. No shared risk of diabetes was found between cat owners and their cats.Co...