Table 1 Comparison of self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms of yersiniosis patients and persons without yersiniosis (reference group)
Yersiniosis patients | Reference group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptom | All (N=571) n (%) | 0-4 years (n=214) n (%) | 5-14 years (n=197) n (%) | ≥15 years (n=160) n (%) | All (N=1,798) n (%) | 0-4 years (n=592) n (%) | 5-14 years (n=668) n (%) | ≥15 years (n=537) n (%) |
Diarrhea | 460 (80.6) | 203 (94.9) | 131 (66.5) | 126 (78.8) | 96 (5.4) | 33 (5.6) | 25 (3.8) | 38 (7.2) |
Abdominal pain | 419 (77.2) | 115 (60.5) | 168 (87.1) | 136 (85.0) | 118 (6.7) | 28 (4.9) | 41 (6.2) | 49 (9.4) |
Pain in lower right abdomen | 203 (42.0) | 21 (14.1) | 118 (63.4) | 64 (43.2) | 21 (1.2) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.6) | 15 (2.9) |
Tenesma | 106 (20.5) | 36 (20.1) | 35 (18.7) | 35 (23.0) | 47 (2.7) | 17 (3.0) | 8 (1.2) | 22 (4.2) |
Fever | 299 (54.8) | 139 (65.0) | 124 (63.3) | 36 (26.5) | 97 (5.5) | 64 (10.9) | 27 (4.1) | 6 (1.2) |
Vomiting | 110 (19.4) | 43 (20.4) | 47 (23.9) | 20 (12.5) | 67 (3.8) | 36 (6.1) | 23 (3.5) | 8 (1.5) |
Visible blood in stool | 31 (5.5) | 19 (9.1) | 3 (1.6) | 9 (5.7) | 9 (0.5) | 2 (0.3) | 3 (0.5) | 4 (0.8) |
Other symptoms | 354a (63.3) | 111 (53.1) | 141 (72.7) | 102 (65.4) | 222 (13.5) | 101 (18.2) | 59 (9.8) | 60 (12.7) |