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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Jun 25;126(2):274–279.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.05.001

Table V.

Spearman correlations (95% confidence intervals) between total pet years of exposure and total IgE at 18 years.

All teens Teen atopic at 18 years* Teen not atopic at 18 years*
N 565 312 253
r −0.11 −0.17 −0.06
(95% confidence interval) (−0.19, −0.02) (−0.28, −0.06) (−0.18, 0.07)
p value 0.012 0.001 0.36
*

Sensitization is defined as ≥1 allergen-specific IgE ≥ 0.35 kU/L (dog, cat, ragweed, Der f, grass, Alternaria, peanut)