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Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2010 Apr;38(4 0):S536–S541. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.01.001

Table 2.

Patient-cited reasons for the visit by patients with SCD, 1999–2007 (% [SE] unless otherwise indicated)

Reason for visit	All visits	Visits by patients aged 0–19 years	Visits by patients aged ≥20 years	p-value^*
Chest pain	11.1 (1.7)	8.7 (2.7)	12.0 (2.2)	0.357
Other pain or unspecified pain	67.2 (3.1)	62.1 (6.1)	69.1 (3.3)	0.276
Fever/infection	5.5 (1.4)	16.4 (4.6)	1.4 (0.6)	<0.001
Shortness of breath/breathing problem/cough	4.8 (1.0)	8.1 (2.7)	3.5 (0.9)	0.052
Anemia^a	49.8 (2.8)	37.7 (5.1)	54.3 (3.1)	0.004
Other	14.0 (2.0)	27.9 (6.2)	8.8 (1.7)	0.001

Note: Estimates in boldface have a relative SE (RSE; SE/point estimate) of >30% and/or are based on <30 observations; estimates with an RSE of >30% do not meet standards of reliability or precision.

Category includes sickle cell anemia.

p-value for Rao–Scott chi-square test for % with characteristic among patients aged 0–19 years and those aged ≥20 years.