Table 1.

Comparison of women from WHEALS whose children were included or excluded from the current analyses.^*

	Women with a Child Included in the Analyses	Women with a Child Excluded from the Analyses	p value
N	596	245
Ever breastfed the child (n(%) yes)	319 (53.5%)	111 (45.5%)	0.035
Mother had an indoor dog during pregnancy	167 (28.0%)	57 (23.3%)	0.16
Child lived with an indoor dog in the first year of life	118 (22.5%)	26 (15.0%)	0.035
Mother sensitized to allergens	336 (58.4%)	137 (57.6%)	0.82
Child’s gender
Male	306 (51.3%)	111 (45.3%)	0.11
Female	290 (48.7%)	134 (54.7%)
Race
Black	415 (69.6%)	181 (74.2%)	0.18
White	181 (30.4%)	63 (25.8%)
Delivery type
Vaginal	376 (63.1%)	156 (64.2%)	0.76
C-section	220 (36.9%)	87 (35.8%)
Child was firstborn	132 (22.1%)	57 (23.3%)	0.72

^*There are some missing data. P-values are for a comparison of those included and those excluded.