Table 2 The effect of several factors related to rural living in association with allergy score in dogs. Trinominal factors were tested with Kruskal-Wallis test and binominal factors with Mann-Whitney U-Test against allergy score. The protective factors are underlined. Visiting city areas and farm animal contact happened at the age of 4 weeks to 6 months.
From: Urban environment predisposes dogs and their owners to allergic symptoms
Protective effect | Full data | Allergy-tolerant breeds | Common breeds | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Z/Χ 2 | P | n | Z/Χ 2 | P | n | Z/Χ 2 | P | |
Living condition (outside, both, inside) | 2897 | 131.4 | 2.9e-29 | 2014 | 84.10 | 5.4e-19 | 330 | 15.2 | 0.00049 |
Agriculture (yes, no) | 2921 | 3.5 | 0.00047 | 2030 | −3293 | 0.001 | 335 | −1.38 | 0.169 |
Visiting city areas (frequent, seldom, never) | 2716 | 18.9 | 0.000079 | 1898 | 15.98 | 0.00034 | 316 | 12.64 | 0.002 |
Farm animal contact (frequent, seldom, never) | 2622 | 9.96 | 0.007 | 1830 | 4.81 | 0.09 | 301 | 2.49 | 0.288 |
Other pets in household (yes, no) | 2945 | 7.85 | 4.10e-15 | 2051 | −6.03 | 1.6e-9 | 338 | −4.20 | 0.000026 |
Farm animals in household (yes, no) | 2945 | 4.81 | 0.000002 | 2051 | −4.06 | 0.000049 | 308 | −1.64 | 0.1 |
