Association of pet-keeping in home with self-reported asthma and asthma-related symptoms in 11611 school children from China.

Objective: We conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate the associations between domestic pets and respiratory health in children.

Methods: We randomly recruited 11,611 school children from Zhongshan, a southern city in China. Information about the respiratory symptoms and disease history of the recruited children, the status of domestic pets, and other related risk factors were collected from March to July 2016.