Really really close? This new study went further and studied dog owners who have a pet with diabetes to see if they were more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than owners of a dog without the disease. When diabetes was tracked in dog owners and dogs, it turned out around eight dog owners per 1,000 person years were at risk, and one dog per 1,000 dog years were at risk. So, compared with owning a dog without diabetes, owning a dog with the disease was linked to an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in their owner. The opposite was true too – dogs with diabetic owners were more likely to develop the disease.

Source: Daily Mirror April 30, 2021 04:16 UTC