Martin K M, Rossing M A, Ryland L M, DiGiacomo R F, Freitag W A
Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA.
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2000 Sep 15;217(6):853-6. doi: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.853.
To identify dietary and environmental risk factors for hyperthyroidism in cats.
Case-control study.
100 cats with hyperthyroidism and 163 control cats.
Medical records were examined, and owners completed a mailed questionnaire. Data collected included information regarding demographic variables, environmental exposures, and diet, including preferred flavors of canned cat food.
Case cats were significantly less likely to have been born recently than control cats. Housing; exposure to fertilizers, herbicides, or plant pesticides; regular use of flea products; and presence of a smoker in the home were not significantly associated with an increased risk of disease, but cats that preferred fish or liver and giblets flavors of canned cat food had an increased risk.
Results suggest that cats that prefer to eat certain flavors of canned cat food may have a significantly increased risk of hyperthyroidism.
确定猫甲状腺功能亢进症的饮食和环境风险因素。
病例对照研究。
100只患有甲状腺功能亢进症的猫和163只对照猫。
检查病历，主人填写邮寄的问卷。收集的数据包括人口统计学变量、环境暴露和饮食信息，包括猫罐头食品的偏好口味。
与对照猫相比，病例猫近期出生的可能性显著降低。居住环境；接触肥料、除草剂或植物杀虫剂；定期使用跳蚤产品；家中有吸烟者与疾病风险增加无显著关联，但偏好鱼类或肝脏及内脏口味猫罐头食品的猫患病风险增加。
结果表明，偏好食用某些口味猫罐头食品的猫患甲状腺功能亢进症的风险可能显著增加。
