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Table 3 Comparisons of rates (rate ratio) of symptom complexes and associated health care-seeking pattern with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and p values among the study participants

From: Community based study to compare the incidence and health services utilization pyramid for gastrointestinal, respiratory and dermal symptoms

Reported symptoms and associated care-seeking pattern

Rate ratio

95% CI

pvalue

Reported symptoms

GI (reference category)

1.0

-

<0.001

Respiratory

3.9

3.5, 4.5

Dermal

1.0

0.8, 1.3

Doctor visits

GI (reference category)

1.0

-

<0.001

Respiratory

1.9

1.5, 2.3

Dermal

0.7

0.5, 1.1

Hospitalization

GI (reference category)

1.0

-

0.006

Respiratory

0.9

0.5, 1.6

Dermal

0.1

0.03, 0.4