Table 4.
Most frequent diagnoses* according to syndrome group and time of travel to China [2008 Beijing Games or Beijing in August and/or September 2004–2007 at the Beijing GeoS clinic; n (% of column total)]
| Syndrome group | Foreign visitors | Expatriates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Beijing Games (N = 322) | 2004–2007 Beijing GeoS clinic (N = 33) | 2008 Beijing Games (N = 496) | 2004–2007 Beijing GeoS clinic (N = 329) | |
| Respiratory† | 73 (23) | 7 (21) | 84 (17) | 86 (26) |
| Injury and musculoskeletal | 46 (14) | 6 (18) | 88 (18) | 48 (15) |
| Other gastrointestinal | 42 (13) | 4 (12) | 16 (3) | 18 (5) |
| Dermatologic | 34 (11) | 0 (0) | 58 (12) | 46 (14) |
| Acute diarrhea | 21 (7) | 3 (9) | 30 (6) | 19 (6) |
| Febrile/systemic illness | 19 (6) | 1 (3) | 31 (6) | 24 (7) |
| Oral and dental | 18 (6) | 1 (3) | 23 (5) | 11 (3) |
| Psychologic | 11 (3) | 4 (12) | 44 (9) | 33 (10) |
| Cardiovascular | 7 (2) | 1 (3) | 20 (4) | 5 (2) |
| Other syndromes‡ | 51 (16) | 6 (18) | 102 (21) | 39 (12) |
| Total diagnoses | 322 | 33 | 496 | 329 |
Patients may have received one or more diagnoses; therefore, the number of diagnoses may exceed the number of total patients.
The number of respiratory illnesses between expatriates who were seen during the 2008 Beijing Games compared with patients seen between 2004–2008 at the Beijing GeoS site was statistically significant (χ2 = 10.2; P < 0.01).
Other syndromes/types of visits included genitourinary and STDs, neurologic, healthy visits, adverse events to medication or vaccine, chronic disease, OB/GYN, miscellaneous tissue parasites, ophthalmologic, and screening diagnoses.