RT Journal Article
T1 Owning a Pet Is Associated with Changes in the Composition of Gut Microbiota and Could Influence the Risk of Metabolic Disorders in Humans
A1 Arenas-Montes, Javier
A1 Perez-Martinez, Pablo
A1 Vals-Delgado, Cristina
A1 Romero-Cabrera, Juan Luis
A1 Cardelo, Magdalena P.
A1 Leon-Acuña, Ana
A1 Quintana-Navarro, Gracia M.
A1 Alcala-Diaz, Juan F.
A1 Lopez-Miranda, Jose
A1 Camargo, Antonio
A1 Perez-Jimenez, Francisco
K1 Gut microbiota
K1 Dysbiosis
K1 Dog
K1 Cardiometabolic diseases
K1 Microbioma gastrointestinal
K1 Disbiosis
K1 Perros
K1 Factores de riesgo cardiometabólico
K1 Enfermedades metabólicas
AB Pet ownership positively influences clinical outcomes in cardiovascular prevention. Additionally, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been previously linked to microbiota dysbiosis. We evaluated the influence of owning a pet and its relationship with the intestinal microbiota. We analyzed the gut microbiota from 162 coronary patients from the CORDIOPREV study (NCT00924937) according to whether they owned pets (n = 83) or not (n = 79). The pet-owner group was further divided according to whether they owned dogs only (n = 28) or not (n = 55). A 7-item pet-owners test score was used. Patients who owned pets had less risk of metabolic syndrome (MetS) (OR = 0.462) and obesity (OR = 0.519) and were younger (p < 0.001) than patients who did not own pets. Additionally, patients who owned dogs had less risk of MetS (OR = 0.378) and obesity (OR = 0.418) and were younger (p < 0.001) than patients who did not own pets. A preponderance of the genera Serratia and Coprococcus was found in the group of owners, while the genera Ruminococcus, an unknown genus of Enterobacteriaceae and Anaerotruncus were preponderant in the group of non-owners. In patients who owned dogs, Methanobrevibacter and two more genera, Coprococcus and Oscillospira, were more common. Our study suggests that the prevalence of MetS and obesity in CVD patients is lower in pet owners, and that pet ownership could be a protective factor against MetS through the shaping of the gut microbiota. Thus, owning a pet could be considered as a protective factor against cardiometabolic diseases.
PB MDPI
YR 2021
FD 2021-08-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4455
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/4455
LA en
NO Arenas-Montes J, Perez-Martinez P, Vals-Delgado C, Romero-Cabrera JL, Cardelo MP, Leon-Acuña A, et al. Owning a Pet Is Associated with Changes in the Composition of Gut Microbiota and Could Influence the Risk of Metabolic Disorders in Humans. Animals. 2021 Aug 9;11(8):2347
DS RISalud
RD Apr 12, 2025