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Table 2 Unadjusted incident rate ratios (95Ā % confidence intervals) for outcomes of interest and selected covariates evaluating risk of functional gastrointestinal disorders following acute G. lamblia infection

From: Giardia lamblia infection increases risk of chronic gastrointestinal disorders

Covariate

Outcome of interest

IBS

GERD

Dyspepsia

Constipation

Non-Caucasian

0.5 (0.2, 1.4)

1.2 (0.8, 1.8)

0.9 (0.3, 3.0)

0.4 (0.1, 2.9)

> High school education

1.5 (0.8, 3.0)

0.9 (0.6, 1.3)

0.8 (0.2, 2.7)

1.7 (0.5, 5.7)

Officer

1.6 (0.7, 3.3)

1.3 (0.9, 2.0)

1.8 (0.6, 5.1)

5.4 (0.7, 43.5)

Non-Army Service

1.8 (0.7, 4.4)

1.5 (1.0, 2.4)

2.3 (0.6, 9.8)

1.7 (0.4, 7.6)

Operational deployment

2.0 (0.7, 5.6)

1.0 (0.5, 2.2)

0.4 (0.1, 3.3)

0.7 (0.1, 7.6)

Axis I disorder

6.7 (3.7, 12.2)

4.0 (2.9, 5.6)

5.4 (1.7, 16.5)

18.4 (4.2, 81.1)

Bacterial or Viral Infection

5.9 (3.2, 10.9)

2.1 (1.3, 3.5)

3.8 (1.0, 15.2)

9.0 (2.7, 29.8)

G. lamblia

2.1 (1.1, 3.7)

1.1 (0.7, 1.6)

3.2 (1.2, 8.9)

1.3 (0.4, 4.8)