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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dig Dis Sci. 2017 Aug 24;62(10):2728–2743. doi: 10.1007/s10620-017-4707-7

Table 3.

Presence of specific symptoms in patient groups (clopidogrel vs. no-clopidogrel)

Outcome variables (GI symptoms) Clopidogrel versus no-clopidogrel All symptomatic patients (adjusted for Age and Sex)
Female versus Male differences (adjusted for clopidogrel and Age)
Age as a continuous variable (adjusted for clopidogrel and Sex)
Odds ratio p value Odds ratio p value Odds ratio p value
Epigastric pain 1.76 <0.0001 1.46 0.0001 0.98 <0.0001
Generalized abdominal pain 1.72 0.0001 1.37 0.0015 0.99 <0.0001
Abdominal pain in left upper quadrant 1.30 0.3183 1.20 0.2657 0.98 <0.0001
Abdominal pain in left lower quadrant 1.26 0.2012 1.15 0.2141 0.98 <0.0001
Abdominal pain of other specific site 1.77 <0.0001 1.05 0.5489 0.98 <0.0001
Periumbilical pain 1.62 0.1662 1.34 0.2118 0.97 <0.0001
Abdominal pain in right lower quadrant 1.22 0.3124 1.30 0.0306 0.98 <0.0001
Abdominal pain in right upper quadrant 1.32 0.0722 1.36 0.0034 0.99 <0.0001
Abdominal pain in unspecified site 1.28 0.0459* 1.20 0.015 1.00 0.0123
Epigastric abdominal tenderness 4.35 0.0771 1.75 0.4597 0.95 0.0087
Abdominal pain 0.31 0.2534 1.48 0.4208 1.02 0.0454
Acute gastritis without hemorrhage 2.44 0.0949 0.99 0.0644 0.99 0.0715
Acute pain NEC 2.56 0.0001 1.92 0.0013 0.96 <0.0001
Anal or rectal pain 1.00 0.999 0.78 0.2623 0.99 0.0819
Constipation 1.29 0.2605 1.72 0.0079 1.03 <0.0001
Constipation NEC 2.70 <0.0001 1.92 0.0057 0.99 0.2325
Constipation NOS 1.75 <0.0001 1.51 <0.0001 1.00 0.2061
Diarrhea 1.29 0.0392 1.01 0.9492 1.00 0.0102
Flatulence/eructation/gas pain 0.96 0.8627 1.23 0.2329 1.01 0.015
Gastritis/duodenitis NOS N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Gastroduodenal disease NEC 1.82 0.0007 0.77 0.0305 1.00 0.9526
Gastroduodenal disease NOS 2.29 0.0032 1.20 0.4486 1.00 0.5455
Gastroparesis 2.79 <0.0001 1.37 0.0289 0.99 0.0042
Infectious diarrhea NOS 2.36 0.282 0.89 0.836 0.98 0.1475
Noninfectious gastroenteritis NEC 1.31 0.0848 0.81 0.0344 1.00 0.0544
Psychogenic pain NEC 4.83 0.1457 0.75 0.1865 0.94 0.2088

Bold values are statistically significant (p < 0.05)