Table 3.

Ethnic differences in referral reasons. N = 988

	N total	Dutch	Immigrants	Odds ratios abc
Indefinite, ambiguous signs	144	119	25	0.46* (0.27–0.77)
Signs & symptoms gastro-intestinal	298	160	138	1.45* (1.05–2.00)
Risk for vascular diseases	139	88	51	1.11 (0.71–1.71)
Remaining category	407	257	150	0.90 (0.66–1.23)

^a Adjusted for sex, age and SES.

^b Confidence Interval 95%

^c Immigrants versus Dutch as reference.

*p < 0.05