Table 2.
Demographic and Pet Ownership Characteristics of Pet Owners Comparing Those That Own Cats Exclusively (Without Owning Dogs) to Those Who Own Dogs Exclusively (Without Owning Cats) Index Visit
| Characteristic | Overall (n = 141) | Cat owners (n = 62) | Dog owner(n = 79) | Test Statistic | p | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | M | SD | N | % | M | SD | N | % | M | SD | |||
| Age in yearsa | 65.99 | 9.22 | 66.60 | 8.58 | 65.52 | 9.72 | −0.69 | .489 | ||||||
| Blackb | 26 | 18.44 | 10 | 16.13 | 16 | 20.25 | 0.39 | .531 | ||||||
| Femaleb | 77 | 54.61 | 37 | 59.68 | 40 | 50.63 | 1.15 | .284 | ||||||
| <College graduatec | 8 | 5.71 | 4 | 6.45 | 4 | 5.13 | .441 | |||||||
| Married or partneredb | 108 | 77.14 | 49 | 79.03 | 59 | 75.64 | 0.23 | .635 | ||||||
| Lives aloneb | 25 | 17.86 | 9 | 14.52 | 16 | 20.51 | 4.41 | .221 | ||||||
| Single family housingc | 132 | 94.96 | 60 | 98.36 | 72 | 92.31 | .135 | |||||||
| Family income exceeds $50,000b | 120 | 86.96 | 53 | 86.89 | 67 | 87.01 | 0.001 | .982 | ||||||
| Currently worksb | 84 | 60.00 | 35 | 56.45 | 49 | 62.82 | 0.58 | .445 | ||||||
| Currently volunteersb | 79 | 57.25 | 39 | 63.93 | 40 | 51.95 | 2.00 | .158 | ||||||
| Body mass indexa | 26.49 | 4.58 | 25.81 | 4.28 | 27.03 | 4.76 | 1.57 | .118 | ||||||
| Obeseb | 24 | 17.02 | 6 | 9.68 | 18 | 22.78 | 4.23 | .040 | ||||||
| Comorbiditiesd | 0.80 | 1.20 | 1.05 | 1.25 | 0.75 | 1.15 | .041 | |||||||
| Follow-up yearsa | 6.84 | 3.98 | 7.71 | 3.38 | 6.16 | 4.29 | −2.33 | .021 | ||||||
| 400-m Walk time (wln)d | 251.94 | 48.53 | 256.9 | 55.77 | 247.79 | 41.52 | .376 | |||||||
| Usual speeda | 1.23 | 0.22 | 1.22 | 0.20 | 1.23 | 0.23 | 0.23 | .818 | ||||||
| Rapid speeda | 1.88 | 0.35 | 1.87 | 0.34 | 1.89 | 0.36 | 0.36 | .722 | ||||||
| Physical performanced | 2.74 | 0.47 | 2.71 | 0.38 | 2.77 | 0.53 | .240 | |||||||
| Physical well-being (rln)d,e | 53.61 | 6.02 | 53.17 | 6.52 | 53.96 | 5.60 | .657 | |||||||
| Leisure activitya | 6,433.07 | 4,322.20 | 5,023.85 | 4,027.53 | 6,713.54 | 4,954.53 | 1.97 | .051 | ||||||
| Leisure walking (ln)a | 3.88 | 3.12 | 4.38 | 2.96 | 3.26 | 3.23 | 2.12 | .036 | ||||||
| Brisk exercise (ln)a | 0.67 | 4.53 | 1.05 | 4.59 | 0.19 | 4.45 | 1.12 | .26 | ||||||
| Weekly exercise (ln)a | 1.82 | 4.33 | 2.22 | 4.28 | 1.33 | 4.37 | 1.2 | .231 | ||||||
| Recommended exerciseb | 41 | 29.29 | 26 | 33.33 | 15 | 24.19 | 1.39 | .238 | ||||||
Notes: 400-m Walk time = seconds to walk 400 meters; usual speed = usual gait speed (m/s); rapid speed = rapid gait speed (m/s); physical performance = physical performance battery score; physical well-being = SF-12 physical function component score; leisure activity = total leisure time physical activity (calories) per week; leisure walking = minutes of leisure walking per week; brisk exercise = minutes of “brisk” or exercise related walking per week; weekly exercise = minutes spent exercising per week; recommended exercise = dichotomous indicator for achieved recommended 150 min of moderate intensity exercise per week; (ln) = natural log transformed; (rln) = reflected and natural log transformed; (wln) = winsorized and natural log transformed. Bold is used to highlight significance p <.05.
aStudent’s t-test.
bChi-square test.
cFischer’s exact test.
dWilcoxon rank sum test.
eScore reflected, lower is better.