Table 1 Subject characteristics comparing adult traveler’s diarrhea cases and non-diarrheal controls at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand
From: Epidemiology and etiology of Traveler’s diarrhea in Bangkok, Thailand, a case-control study
Case1 | Control1 | p-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Enrollees3 | N = 389 | N = 400 | |
Age (years) | |||
Mean ± SD | 37.48 ± 13.71 | 41.6 ± 9.52 | 0.000 |
Gender | |||
Female | 38% (32.95, 42.81) | 25% (21.06, 29.81) | 0.000 |
Nationality | |||
Asian | 51% (45.81, 55.97) | 51% (46.23, 56.25) | 0.044 |
European / North American | 42% (36.70, 46.72) | 45% (40.30, 50.27) | |
Oceania | 7% (5.05, 10.53) | 4% (1.93, 5.80) | |
Time in Thailand | |||
Mean ± SD | 540.43 ± 1410.75 | 1104.09 ± 1616.82 | 0.000 |
0–29 days | 53% (48.12, 58.26) | 21% (17.34, 25.59) | 0.000 |
30–89 days | 6% (4.20, 9.34) | 3% (1.38, 4.87) | |
90–364 days | 13% (9.47, 16.31) | 11% (7.67, 13.93) | |
365–729 days | 6% (4.20, 9.34) | 17% (13.68, 21.32) | |
730+ days | 22% (17.37, 25.75) | 48% (43.26, 53.27) | |
Season at enrollment | |||
Hot: Feb – May | 44% (38.96, 49.05) | 38% (33.46, 43.21) | 0.219 |
Rainy: Jun – Oct | 40% (34.95, 44.90) | 46% (40.54, 50.52) | |
Cool: Nov – Jan | 16% (12.68, 20.24) | 16% (12.77, 20.24) | |