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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2010 Sep;105(3):228–233. doi: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.06.019

Table 2.

Can f 1 levels1 by household dog ownership2, WHEALS cohort, Detroit, MI

N n (%) non-detectable Chi-square p-value Homes with Detectable Can f 1 only
N Can f 1 Geometric mean (95% CI) p-value
Any dog in home <0.001 <0.0013
 Yes 254 22 (8.7%) 232 1.24 (0.91, 1.71)
 No 738 362 (49.1%) 376 0.055 (0.048, 0.063)
Outdoor only dog homes4 0.33 0.0043
 Yes 30 12 (40.0%) 18 0.13 (0.07, 0.23)
 No dog 738 362 (49.1%) 376 0.055 (0.048, 0.063)
Dog homes4 <0.001 <0.0013
 Outdoors only 30 12 (40.0%) 18 0.13 (0.07, 0.23)
 Indoors any hours 219 10 (4.6%) 209 1.59 (1.14, 2.21)
Number of dogs 0.91 0.825
 1 191 16 (8.4%) 175 1.21 (0.85, 1.74)
 2 50 5 (10.0%) 45 1.23 (0.56, 2.69)
 3 13 1 (7.7%) 12 1.86 (0.35, 9.99)

In one dog homes where dog allowed indoors
Hours dog indoors 0.99 0.203
 ≤12 hours 31 2 (6.4%) 29 0.82 (0.32, 2.07)
 >12 hours 142 8 (5.6%) 134 1.60 (1.06, 2.42)
Allowed run of house 0.18 0.0033
 Yes 120 5 (4.2%) 115 2.02 (1.33, 3.07)
 No 53 5 (9.4%) 48 0.61 (0.29, 1.29)
Allowed on furniture 0.21 0.083
 Yes 70 2 (2.9%) 68 2.11 (1.20, 3.72)
 No 103 8 (7.8%) 95 1.07 (0.65, 1.76)
Allowed in mom’s bedroom 0.74 0.0013
 Yes 102 5 (4.9%) 97 2.36 (1.46, 3.79)
 No 71 5 (7.0%) 66 0.68 (0.38, 1.20)
Allowed on mom’s bed 0.06 0.0333
 Yes 48 0 (0.0%) 48 2.66 (1.36, 5.22)
 No 125 10 (8.0%) 115 1.09 (0.70, 1.71)
Allowed in baby’s bedroom 0.95 0.0013
 Yes 88 5 (5.7%) 83 2.56 (1.50, 4.37)
 No 85 5 (5.9%) 80 0.77 (0.47, 1.27)
Allowed on baby’s bed 0.99 0.743
 Yes 6 0 (0.0%) 6 1.94 (0.13, 29.4)
 No 167 10 (6.0%) 157 1.41 (0.96, 2.06)
1

All Can f 1 units are in mcg/g

2

Mother reported

3

Wilcoxon rank sum test

4

5 homes were excluded because they had both inside and outside dogs

5

Jonckheere-Terpstra test for trend