Impact of pre-travel consultation on clinical management and outcomes of travelers’ diarrhea: a retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Demographics of patients with travelers’ diarrhea (n = 1160)

	Pre-travel consultation^a		p value^b
	Yes (n = 256)	No (n = 904)	p value^b
Age, in years	35 (23–53)	43 (27–56)	0.0001
Male	107 (42)	413 (46)	0.3
Employed	153 (60)	626 (69)	0.0004
Unemployed	103 (40)	278 (31)
Student	64 (25)	102 (11)
Retired	16 (6)	106 (12)
Other	23 (9)	70 (8)
Caucasian	208 (81)	794 (88)	0.007
Local resident^c	177 (69)	529 (59)	0.002
Traveler sought pre-travel consult for future travel	92 (36)²	116 (13)	< 0.0001
Traveler sought pre-travel consult for prior travel	60 (23)	116 (13)	< 0.0001

^aContinuous variables are expressed as median (interquartile range). IQR = interquartile range from the 25th percentile to the 75th percentile. Categorical variables are expressed as numbers (%)
^bP values were calculated based on Pearson’s chi-square test for categorical variables and Wilcoxon’s rank sum test for continuous variables
^cLocal residents were defined as those whose primary residence was in Olmsted County, Minnesota, at the time of travel

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