Table 6.

Summary of contribution of current pet ownership, dog ownership, and cat ownership to measures of successful aging in bivariate analysis and controlling for age.

Predictor		PO		DO		CO
Health outcome	Model	PO p	Age p	DO p	Age p	C0 p	Age p
Disease/disability
Physical wellness	PET	0.026	N/A	0.010	N/A	0.123	N/A
	PET, age	0.145	0.018	0.316	0.011	0.300	0.009
Cognitive function
Verbal learning/memory	PET	0.0002	N/A	0.0009	N/A	0.002	N/A
	PET, age	0.041	<0.0001	0.077	<0.0001	0.052	<0.0001
Visual Perception	PET	<0.0001	N/A	0.008	N/A	0.002	N/A
	PET, age	0.076	<0.0001	0.450	<0.0001	0.052	<0.0001
Physical function
Rapid gait speed	PET	0.0002	N/A	0.0002	N/A	0.004	N/A
	PET, age	0.139	<0.0001	0.097	<0.0001	0.160	<0.0001
Daily energy expenditure (Kcal)	PET	0.0002	N/A	<0.0001	N/A	0.016	N/A
	PET, age	0.054	<0.0001	0.018	<0.0001	0.305	<0.0001
Psychological adaptation
Psychological Well-being	PET	0.198	N/A	0.401	N/A	0.235	N/A
	PET, age	0.400	0.107	0.239	0.071	0.361	0.098
Depression	PET	0.494	N/A	0.111	N/A	0.096	N/A
	PET, age	0.290	0.023	0.212	0.036	0.042	0.015
Anxiety	PET	0.099	N/A	0.449	N/A	0.082	N/A
	PET, age	0.277	0.106	0.229	0.052	0.174	0.097
Happiness	PET	0.261	N/A	0.130	N/A	0.340	N/A
	PET, age	0.212	0.002	0.113	0.002	0.344	0.002

PET, the specific pet ownership variable as defined in the column heading; age, age decade; PO, pet ownership; DO, dog ownership; CO, cat ownership. Scales, Physical Well-being, Short Form-12 Physical Component Score (SF-12 PCS); Verbal learning/memory, California Verbal Learning Test total correct answers; Visual perception, Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale- Revised Digit Symbol Substitution Test total score; Psychological well-being, Short Form-12 Mental Component Score (SF-12 MCS); Depression, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) score; Anxiety, Perceived Stress Scale total score; Happiness, single item (1–10). p's are 1-tailed, bold indicates p < 0.05.