Table 4.

Adjusted proportional hazards regression modeling of risk of mental health diagnosis over the eight-year follow-up period associated with pet exposure

	Pet Dog at baselinea			Cumulative exposure to pet dogb			Cumulative Exposure to pet catb			Cumulative exposure to most attached petb,c
	N	HR (95% CI)	p	N	HR (95% CI)	p	N	HR (95% CI)	p	N	HR (95% CI)	p
Anxiety diagnosis	605	0.88 (0.63–1.22)	0.44	233	0.84 (0.60–1.17)	0.30	233	0.93 (0.71–1.21)	0.58	220	0.57 (0.38–0.85)	0.006
Any MH diagnosis	571	0.74 (0.56–0.99)	0.04	220	0.74 (0.54–1.02)	0.06	220	0.87 (0.68–1.11)	0.28	204	0.64 (0.44–0.91)	0.013
Any MH diagnosis with psychotropic prescription	571	0.79 (0.55–1.15)	0.23	220	0.83 (0.57–1.21)	0.33	220	0.78 (0.56–1.10)	0.16	204	0.69 (0.44–1.08)	0.106

^aadjusted for age, sex, zip code level poverty and baseline SCARED 5 ≥ 3

^badjusted for baseline SCARED5 ≥ 3 and household income

^climited to subjects with at least one pet during follow-up