Are Hair Cortisol Levels of Humans, Cats, and Dogs from the Same Household Correlated?
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
Methodological Limitations
3. Results
3.1. The Strength of the Correlation between the HCL in the Owner and the Animal Depends on the Frequency of Interactions
3.2. The Strength of the Correlation between the HCL in the Owner and the Animal Depends on the Emotional Relationship
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Mean | Std. Dev. | Minimum | Maximum | Median | Lower Quartile | Upper Quartile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Human HCL (ng/mL) | 4.62 | 1.87 | 1.88 | 7.89 | 4.31 | 2.99 | 6.09 |
Dog HCL (ng/mL) | 0.26 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.58 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.33 |
Cat HCL (ng/mL) | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.18 | 2.69 | 0.33 | 0.26 | 0.54 |
Pair of Variables | Spearman R | T (N-2) | p-Value |
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Human HCL (ng/mL) and animal HCL (ng/mL) | −0.033 | −0.325 | 0.746 |
Human HCL (ng/mL) and dog HCL (ng/mL) | 0.049 | 0.319 | 0.751 |
Human HCL (ng/mL) and cat HCL (ng/mL) | −0.102 | −0.744 | 0.460 |
Cat HCL (ng/mL) and dog HCL (ng/mL) | 0.115 | 1.299 | 0.196 |
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Wojtaś, J.; Garbiec, A.; Karpiński, M.; Skowronek, P.; Strachecka, A. Are Hair Cortisol Levels of Humans, Cats, and Dogs from the Same Household Correlated? Animals 2022, 12, 1472. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111472
Wojtaś J, Garbiec A, Karpiński M, Skowronek P, Strachecka A. Are Hair Cortisol Levels of Humans, Cats, and Dogs from the Same Household Correlated? Animals. 2022; 12(11):1472. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111472
Chicago/Turabian StyleWojtaś, Justyna, Aleksandra Garbiec, Mirosław Karpiński, Patrycja Skowronek, and Aneta Strachecka. 2022. "Are Hair Cortisol Levels of Humans, Cats, and Dogs from the Same Household Correlated?" Animals 12, no. 11: 1472. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12111472