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    Domestic cat allergen and allergic sensitisation in young children.
        
        Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health 211, 337-344 (2008)
    
    
    
				Studies have presented conflicting associations between cat allergen exposure and sensitisation and atopic disease. We therefore investigated the association between the observed domestic cat allergen level and cat sensitisation in young children in four study populations from three European countries. We recruited children from a nested case-control study, which is composed of four ongoing birth cohorts conducted in three European countries. Children at 2-4 years of age in the four cohorts who were sensitised to cat allergens (n=106) were compared with 554 non-sensitised children (controls). House dust samples were collected when the children were 5 to 7 years old, and cat allergen levels were measured in ng/g dust and ng/m(2) surface area. In the German study population we found a positive association between domestic cat allergen in house dust and cat sensitisation (OR (CI)=3.01 (1.16, 7.99)) while in the Swedish study population, we found a negative association (OR (CI)=0.41 (0.16, 0.98)). No association was found in the Dutch study population (OR (CI)=0.83 (0.22, 2.93)). Looking into the family history of cat keeping, we found the lowest prevalence of cat sensitisation in children who were cat owners at the age of blood sampling (11%) and the highest prevalence was found in those who have had a cat but not anymore, at the age of blood sampling (41%). The mixed results may be explained by differences in age and avoidance patterns.
			
			
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        Publikationstyp
        Artikel: Journalartikel
    
 
    
        Dokumenttyp
        Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
    
 
     
    
    
        Schlagwörter
        Allergy; Cats; Cat allergen; Children; Cohort study; Sensitisation
    
 
     
    
    
        Sprache
        englisch
    
 
    
        Veröffentlichungsjahr
        2008
    
 
     
    
        HGF-Berichtsjahr
        2008
    
 
    
    
        ISSN (print) / ISBN
        1438-4639
    
 
    
        e-ISSN
        1618-131X
    
 
     
     
     
	     
	 
	 
     
		
    
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	    Band: 211,  
	    Heft: 3-4,  
	    Seiten: 337-344 
	    
	    
	
    
 
  
         
        
            Verlag
            Elsevier
        
 
        
            Verlagsort
            Amsterdam ; Boston, Mass. ; London ; New York, NY ; Oxford ; Paris ; Philadelphia, Pa. ; San Diego, Calif. ; St. Louis, Mo. ; München
        
 
	
         
         
         
         
         
	
         
         
         
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
    
        Begutachtungsstatus
        Peer reviewed
    
 
    
        Institut(e)
        Institute of Epidemiology (EPI)
    
 
     
     
    
        PSP-Element(e)
        G-503900-002
    
 
     
     	
    
    
        Scopus ID
        45349107722
    
    
        Erfassungsdatum
        2008-10-13