Prevalence of and risk factors for increased serum levels of allergen-specific IgE in a population of Norwegian dogs

Table 4 The breed distribution of elevated serum IgE levels to all allergens

Breed	Number of results in the study sample	Number T+	Proportion T+	95% CI for proportion T+
Total (all breeds)	915	789	0.86	0.84 - 0.89
American cocker spaniel	17	15	0.88	0.64 - 0.99
American Staffordshire terrier	10	8	0.8	0.44 - 0.97
Bernese mountain dog	11	10	0.91	0.59 - 1.00
Bichon frisé	26	22	0.85	0.65 - 0.96
Mixed breed	123	112	0.91	0.85 - 0.95
Dogue de Bordeaux	10	7	0.7	0.35 - 0.93
Boxer	59	58	0.98	0.91 - 1.00
Bull terrier	13	10	0.77	0.46 - 0.95
Cavalier King Charles spaniel	15	10	0.67	0.38 - 0.88
Chinese crested dog	10	9	0.9	0.55 - 1.00
English cocker spaniel	16	12	0.75	0.48 - 0.93
Dachshond short hair	10	10	1	0.69 - 1.00*
Dachshund wire-hair	10	10	1	0.69 - 1.00*
Dalmatian	12	11	0.92	0.62 - 1.00
Bulldog	16	13	0.81	0.54 - 0.96
English setter	38	27	0.71	0.54 - 0.85
Flat-coated retriever	24	19	0.79	0.59 - 0.93
French bulldog	25	22	0.88	0.69 - 0.97
Golden retriever	56	51	0.91	0.80 - 0.97
Gordon setter	23	22	0.96	0.78 - 1.00
Soft-coated wheaten terrier	16	13	0.81	0.54 - 0.96
Jack Russell terrier	29	19	0.66	0.47 - 0.82
Labrador retriever	83	74	0.89	0.80 - 0.95
Pug	17	10	0.59	0.33 - 0.82
Newfoundland	14	13	0.93	0.66 - 1.00
Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever	12	12	1	0.74 - 1.00*
Rottweiler	43	42	0.98	0.88 - 1.00
German shepherd dog	102	82	0.8	0.71 - 0.86
Staffordshire bull terrier	61	53	0.87	0.76 - 0.94
Tibetan spaniel	14	13	0.93	0.66 - 0.88

* One sided 97.5% CI.
Number of samples, number of test positive samples (T+), proportion of T+ and 95% confidence interval (CI) for the proportion of T+ of all samples from the relevant breed.

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