Impact of dog and/or cat ownership on functional constipation at 3 years of age: the Japan Environment and Children's study

• Main Authors: Noriko Motoki (Author), Yuji Inaba (Author), Hirokazu Toubou (Author), Kohei Hasegawa (Author), Takumi Shibazaki (Author), Teruomi Tsukahara (Author), Tetsuo Nomiyama (Author), the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Purpose This investigation assessed the impact of dog and/or cat ownership during infancy on the presence of functional constipation (FC) at 3 years of age. Methods The fixed data of 73,936 singleton births from a large national birth cohort study commencing in 2011 were used to identify FC...