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

Table 6 The breed distribution of elevated serum IgE levels to indoor allergens

Breed	Number of results in study sample	Number I+	Proportion I+	95% CI for proportion I+
Total (all breeds)	915	717	0.78	0.76 - 0.81
American cocker spaniel	17	13	0.76	0.50 - 0.93
American Staffordshire terrier	10	8	0.8	0.44 - 0.97
Bernese mountain dog	11	9	0.82	0.48 - 0.98
Bichon frisé	26	19	0.73	0.52 - 0.88
Mixed breed	123	98	0.8	0.71 - 0.86
Dogue de Bordeaux	10	7	0.7	0.35 - 0.93
Boxer	59	49	0.83	0.71 - 0.92
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	7	0.7	0.35 - 0.93
English cocker spaniel	16	11	0.69	0.41 - 0.89
Dachshund short hair	10	9	0.9	0.55 - 1.00
Dachshund wire-hair	10	10	1	0.69 - 1.00*
Dalmatian	12	10	0.83	0.52 - 0.98
Bulldog	16	12	0.75	0.48 - 0.93
English setter	38	21	0.55	0.38 - 0.71
Flat-coated retriever	24	19	0.79	0.58 - 0.93
French bulldog	25	18	0.72	0.51 - 0.88
Golden retriever	56	49	0.88	0.76 - 0.95
Gordon setter	23	21	0.91	0.72 - 0.99
Soft-coated wheaten terrier	16	11	0.69	0.41 - 0.89
Jack Russell terrier	29	17	0.59	0.39 - 0.76
Labrador retriever	83	73	0.88	0.79 - 0.94
Pug	17	9	0.53	0.28 - 0.77
Newfoundland	14	13	0.93	0.66 - 1.00
Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever	12	8	0.67	0.35 - 0.90
Rottweiler	43	42	0.98	0.88 - 1.00
German shepherd dog	102	77	0.75	0.66 - 0.83
Staffordshire bull terrier	61	46	0.75	0.63 - 0.86
Tibetan spaniel	14	11	0.79	0.49 - 0.95

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

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