ArticleEvolution, medicine, and public health2023
Social determinants of health and disease in companion dogs: a cohort study from the Dog Aging Project.
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- Socio-economic assessment of dog population management systems: a scoping review.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Pooled it
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- Owner Social Determinants of Health Associated with Exercise Patterns in Golden Retrievers with and Without Cancer.Veterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Comparing undesirable behaviours between 'designer' Poodle-cross dogs and their purebred progenitor breeds.PloS one · 2026Article
- Environmental exposures and health outcomes in dogs differ according to geographic region in the United States among Dog Aging Project participants.American journal of veterinary research · 2025Article
- Comparing owner reported and genetic breed identification reveals high concordance in a large cohort from the Dog Aging Project.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Constructing the first comorbidity networks in companion dogs in the Dog Aging Project.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
- Constructing the first comorbidity networks in companion dogs in the Dog Aging Project.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Building a Therapeutic Bridge Between Dogs and Humans: A Review of Potential Cross-Species Osteosarcoma Biomarkers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Life expectancy and survival analysis for companion dogs and cats in Seoul, South Korea.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- A mapping review of worldwide current and previous cohort research programmes in cats and dogs.PloS one · 2025Review
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- Exploring frailty in apparently healthy senior dogs: a cross-sectional study.BMC veterinary research · 2024Article
- Longevity of companion dog breeds: those at risk from early death.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Associations between physical activity and cognitive dysfunction in older companion dogs: results from the Dog Aging Project.GeroScience · 2023Observational
- Social and environmental risk factors for canine leptospirosis: A scoping review.The Veterinary recordArticle
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Abstract
Exposure to social environmental adversity is associated with health and survival across many social species, including humans. However, little is known about how these health and mortality effects vary across the lifespan and may be differentially impacted by various components of the environment. Here, we leveraged a relatively new and powerful model for human aging, the companion dog, to investigate which components of the social environment are associated with dog health and how these associations vary across the lifespan. We drew on comprehensive survey data collected on 21,410 dogs from the Dog Aging Project and identified five factors that together explained 33.7% of the variation in a dog's social environment. Factors capturing financial and household adversity were associated with poorer health and lower physical mobility in companion dogs, while factors that captured social support, such as living with other dogs, were associated with better health when controlling for dog age and weight. Notably, the effects of each environmental component were not equal: the effect of social support was 5× stronger than financial factors. The strength of these associations depended on the age of the dog, including a stronger relationship between the owner's age and the dog's health in younger as compared to older dogs. Taken together, these findings suggest the importance of income, stability and owner's age on owner-reported health outcomes in companion dogs and point to potential behavioral and/or environmental modifiers that can be used to promote healthy aging across species.
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