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Table 2 Proportion of patients with a diagnosis in one of the ICPC chapters

From: Upper gastrointestinal symptoms, psychosocial co-morbidity and health care seeking in general practice: population based case control study

 

Upper GI symptoms

(n = 13,389)

Control patients

(n = 13,389)

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

General and unspecified

29.9

17.1

2.07 (1.95-2.19)

Blood

5.1

2.9

1.81 (1.60-2.06)

Digestive

100

13.0

-

   Excluding D02-03, 84-87

34.0

13.0

3.45 (3.25-3.67)

Eye

13.0

8.5

1.61 (1.49-1.74)

Ear

14.9

10.7

1.45 (1.35-1.56)

Cardiovascular

34.6

24.8

1.61 (1.53-1.70)

Musculoskeletal

54.4

35.6

2.16 (2.06-2.27)

Neurological

16.3

9.2

1.92 (1.78-2.07)

Psychological

27.5

14.4

2.25 (2.11-2.39)

Respiratory

45.1

30.5

1.86 (1.78-1.97)

Skin

38.7

27.1

1.70 (1.61-1.79)

Endocrine/metabolic and nutritional

17.0

11.8

1.53 (1.43-1.64)

Urological

14.6

8.4

1.86 (1.72-2.02)

Pregnancy, family planning

7.9

5.9

1.37 (1.25-1.51)

Female genital

16.2

11.5

1.49 (1.39-1.60)

Male genital

4.3

2.8

1.59 (1.39-1.82)

Social problems

6.4

3.5

1.88 (1.68-2.11)

ICPC code unknown

59

44.4

1.80 (1.72-1.89)

  1. diagnoses defining dyspepsia-patient group; no odds ratios (OR) could be calculated because a diagnosis in the digestive system was the selection criterion