Prevalence of atopy and current wheezing by animal exposure during three periods of life
| Infancy | Age 5 yrs | Current year | ||||
| Atopy | Current wheeze | Atopy | Current wheeze | Atopy | Current wheeze | |
| Animal contact | ||||||
| Sheep/goats | ||||||
| Daily | 12 (33) | 3 (8) | 23 (27) | 7 (8) | 23 (24) | 5 (4) |
| Weekly | 20 (20) | 3 (3) | 60 (22) | 12 (4) | 58 (23) | 10 (4) |
| Never | 147 (23) | 29 (4) | 95 (23) | 16 (4) | 92 (24) | 19 (5) |
| ptrend | 0.49 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.10 | 0.83 | 0.65 |
| Chickens | ||||||
| Daily | 9 (24) | 2 (5) | 25 (25) | 8 (8) | 26 (21) | 5 (4) |
| Weekly | 20 (23) | 2 (2) | 52 (21) | 13 (5) | 62 (23) | 13 (5) |
| Never | 150 (23) | 31 (5) | 103 (25) | 14 (3) | 90 (25) | 16 (4) |
| ptrend | 0.99 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.04 | 0.42 | 0.93 |
| Rabbits | ||||||
| Daily | 5 (33) | 1 (7) | 13 (24) | 3 (5) | 18 (23) | 3 (4) |
| Weekly | 11 (19) | 2 (3) | 27 (18) | 12 (8) | 41 (21) | 11 (6) |
| Never | 163 (24) | 31 (4) | 139 (25) | 20 (3) | 118 (24) | 20 (4) |
| ptrend | 0.93 | 0.95 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0.60 | 0.65 |
| Animal location | ||||||
| Sheep/goats | ||||||
| Courtyard | 13 (17) | 5 (7) | 16 (18) | 4 (5) | 12 (14) | 5 (6) |
| Away from home | 95 (24) | 11 (3) | 102 (24) | 11 (3) | 100 (23) | 14 (3) |
| Not kept | 70 (25) | 19 (6) | 62 (25) | 19 (7) | 66 (28) | 15 (6) |
| ptrend | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.38 |
| Chickens | ||||||
| Courtyard | 28 (22) | 8 (6) | 32 (23) | 9 (7) | 31 (22) | 12 (8) |
| Away from home | 82 (23) | 13 (4) | 88 (23) | 16 (4) | 91 (23) | 12 (3) |
| Not kept | 69 (24) | 14 (5) | 60 (25) | 10 (4) | 54 (25) | 9 (4) |
| ptrend | 0.53 | 0.78 | 0.68 | 0.31 | 0.43 | 0.09 |
| Rabbits | ||||||
| Courtyard | 16 (20) | 5 (6) | 18 (18) | 7 (7) | 16 (16) | 10 (10) |
| Away from home | 70 (25) | 11 (4) | 68 (24) | 11 (4) | 72 (24) | 12 (4) |
| Not kept | 93 (23) | 19 (5) | 93 (25) | 17 (4) | 90 (25) | 12 (3) |
| ptrend | 0.89 | 0.83 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.01 |
Data are presented as n (%), unless otherwise indicated.