Influence of household pet ownership and filaggrin loss-of-function mutations on eczema prevalence in children: A birth cohort study.

Kenji ToyokuniKiwako Yamamoto-HanadaLimin YangKouhei HaginoDaisuke HaramaMarei OmoriYasuaki MatsumotoDaichi SuzukiKotaro UmezawaKazuma TakadaMami ShimadaSeiko HiraiFumi IshikawaSayaka HamaguchiMayako Saito-AbeMiori SatoYumiko MiyajiShigenori KabashimaTatsuki FukuieEmiko NoguchiKohta SuzukiYukihiro Ohya

Published in: Allergology international : official journal of the Japanese Society of Allergology (2024)

Household dog and pet (dog, cat, or both) ownership was protective against early childhood eczema in a birth cohort dataset. This protective association was observed only in children without FLG mutations, which should be confirmed in studies with larger cohorts.

Keyphrases

atopic dermatitis
young adults
computed tomography
pet ct
positron emission tomography
risk factors
pet imaging