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

Table 5 The breed distribution of elevated serum IgE levels to outdoor allergens

Breed	Number of results in study sample	Number O+	Proportion O+	95% CI for proportion O+
Total (all breeds)	915	422	0.46	0.43 - 0.49
American cocker spaniel	17	8	0.47	0.23 - 0.72
American Staffordshire terrier	10	5	0.5	0.19 - 0.81
Bernese mountain dog	11	3	0.27	0.06 - 0.61
Bichon frisé	26	12	0.46	0.27 - 0.67
Mixed breed	123	69	0.56	0.47 - 0.65
Dogue de Bordeaux	10	4	0.4	0.12 - 0.74
Boxer	59	43	0.73	0.60 - 0.84
Bull terrier	13	3	0.23	0.05 - 0.54
Cavalier King Charles spaniel	15	5	0.33	0.12 - 0.62
Chinese crested Dog	10	5	0.5	0.19 - 0.81
English cocker spaniel	16	4	0.25	0.07 - 0.52
Dachshund short hair	10	5	0.5	0.19 - 0.81
Dachshund wire-hair	10	6	0.6	0.26 - 0.88
Dalmatian	12	8	0.67	0.35 - 0.90
Bulldog	16	4	0.25	0.07 - 0.52
English setter	38	23	0.61	0.43 - 0.76
Flat-coated retriever	24	4	0.17	0.05 - 0.37
French bulldog	25	11	0.44	0.24 - 0.65
Golden retriever	56	28	0.5	0.36 - 0.64
Gordon setter	23	16	0.7	0.47 - 0.87
Soft-coated wheaten terrier	16	8	0.5	0.25 - 0.75
Jack Russell terrier	29	10	0.34	0.18 - 0.54
Labrador retriever	83	28	0.34	0.24 - 0.45
Pug	17	4	0.24	0.07 - 0.50
Newfoundland	14	4	0.29	0.08 - 0.58
Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever	12	8	0.67	0.35 - 0.90
Rottweiler	43	23	0.53	0.38 - 0.69
German shepherd dog	102	30	0.29	0.21 - 0.39
Staffordshire bull terrier	61	35	0.57	0.44 - 0.70
Tibetan spaniel	14	6	0.43	0.18 - 0.71

Number of samples, number of test positive samples to outdoor allergens (O+), proportion of O+ and 95% confidence interval (CI) for the proportion O+ of all samples from the relevant breed.

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