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Effects of dog ownership and genotype on immune development and atopy in infancy

James E Gern, MD
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
- Reprint requests: James E. Gern, MD, K4/918 CSC, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792-9988
Claudia L Reardon, BS
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Sabine Hoffjan, MD
- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill, USA
Dan Nicolae, PhD
- Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill, USA
Zhanhai Li, PhD
- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Kathy A Roberg, RN, MS
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
William A Neaville, MD
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Kirstin Carlson-Dakes, RN, MEd
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Kiva Adler, RN
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Rebekah Hamilton, MSN
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Elizabeth Anderson, RN, MA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Stephanie Gilbertson-White, RN
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Christopher Tisler, BS, ASCP
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Douglas DaSilva, BS
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Kelly Anklam, BS
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Lance D Mikus, BS
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Louis A Rosenthal, PhD
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Carole Ober, PhD
- Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill, USA
Ronald Gangnon, PhD
- Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
Robert F Lemanske Jr, MD
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wis, USA

Received 13 June 2003 ,Revised 27 October 2003 ,Accepted 17 November 2003.

Association of dog exposure at home with enhanced IL-10 responses at age 1 year. The box plots represent 25th and 75th percentiles, and median values are represented by the horizontal lines. Whiskers

Association of dog exposure at home with enhanced IL-10 responses at age 1 year. The box plots represent 25th and 75th percentiles, and median values are represented by the horizontal lines. Whiskers mark the 10th and 90th percentiles. P = .014 for overall comparison among the 4 exposure groups in the panel on the left.
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☆ Supported by NIH grants #1R01HL61879-01 and P01 HL70831-01, with additional funding from The University of Wisconsin General Clinical Research Center (NIH/NCRR 2 M01 RR03186-16), Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School, and Medical School, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, GlaxoSmithKline, Medimmune, and Merck & Co.

PII: S0091-6749(03)02679-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.11.017

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