Table 3. Odds ratios for the symptoms and findings collected in the questionnaire (independent variables) occurring in patients, compared with the healthy control group.

	Patients vs. controls
	p-value	Odds ratio	95%-confidence interval
Female gender	0.0011	2.424	1.4	4.2
Smoker	-
Abdominal pain	<.0001	167.875	57.1	493.4
Diarrhea	<.0001	625.000	82.0	5000.0
Gastritis	<.0001	768.923*
Meteorisms	<.0001	258.462*
Nausea	<.0001	86.333	38.9	191.5
Non-cardiac chest pain	<.0001	85.483	37.7	193.7
Hypercholesterinemia	<.0001	4.310	2.5	7.3
Paresthesia/pain	<.0001	93.646	38.8	225.8
Tachycardia	<.0001	48.438	21.0	111.7
Flush	<.0001	152.269	61.5	376.9
Hot flash	-
Blood pressure changes (acute)	<.0001	44.540	21.3	93.1
Thyroid dysfunction	<.0001	11.236	2.9	43.9
Diabetes mellitus	0.1386	4.882	0.5	49.5
Asthenia	<.0001	1583.385	204.0	12288.3
Fatigue	<.0001	79.757	32.4	196.2
Weight loss	<.0001	78.891	31.2	199.4
Angioedema	<.0001	288.000	32.5	2554.2
Conjunctivitis	<.0001	16.428	8.5	31.6
Tinnitus	<.0001	7.724	4.3	13.8
Nasal congestion/rhinorrhea	<.0001	11.455	6.2	21.3
Pulmonary symptoms	<.0001	52.464	22.4	122.6
Headache	<.0001	26.924	13.5	53.9
Urticaria pigmentosa	<.0001	4.784	2.5	9.1
Urticaria	<.0001	23.111	8.4	63.3
Telangiectasia	0.0021	3.000	1.5	6.2
Rheumatic diseases	-
Allergies	-
Osteoporosis	<.0001	22.244	6.3	78.1
Liver affection	<.0001	34.536	11.7	102.2
Splenomegaly	<.0001	20.462*
Fibromyalgia	0.0822	6.463	0.6	72.2
Eosinophilia	<.0001	19.890	4.3	91.7

For a number of symptoms odds ratios could not be calculated because data were not available.

^*Odds ratio estimated.