Table 5.
Associations Between Number of Presenting Nongastrointestinal (Non-GI) Symptoms and Blood Test Results for Vector-Borne Illness in a Retrospectively Reviewed 270-Patient Sample
| Non-GI symptoms | VBI (n=136) | Non-VBI (n=134) | Odds ratio | 95% CI | ||
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| Case | Control | Case | Control | |||
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| 1 or more | 108 | 28 | 97 | 37 | 1.4713 | 0.8385–2.5817 |
| 2 or more | 54 | 82 | 40 | 94 | 1.5476 | 0.9341–2.5640 |
| 3 or more | 23 | 113 | 9 | 125 | 2.8269 | 1.2557–6.3645 |
In this table, “Case” refers to patients with non-GI symptoms that met the specific parameter criteria. “Control” refers to patients with non-GI symptoms that did not meet specific parameter criteria. “VBI” refers to patients with positive blood tests for vector-borne illness. "Non-VBI" refers to patients with negative blood tests for vector-borne illness.