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Table 1 Demographics, travel information, and destinations of 460 travelers recruited at the travel clinic during their pre-travel visit, all staying outside the Nordic countries for more than four days and less than 6 months. The data are given as numbers of cases and their proportions

From: Travelers’ health problems and behavior: prospective study with post-travel follow-up

 

Number

(%a)

Sex (missing data = 0)

 Male

173

(38)

 Female

287

(62)

Age, median (IQR) (missing data = 0)

35 (27.0–54.0)

 

 0–17, children

35

(8)

 18–35, young adults

196

(43)

 36–55, middle aged

120

(26)

 56–, older travelers

109

(24)

Underlying diseases (missing data = 0)

192

(42)

 Asthma, atopy and/or allergy

56

(12)

 Hypertension

51

(11)

 Psychiatric disorder or medication

25

(5)

 Cardiovascular disease

14

(3)

 GI disorder b

13

(3)

 Neurological disorder

12

(3)

 DM

9

(2)

 Rheumatic disease

6

(1)

 Other disease and conditions

78

(17)

 Contraceptives or postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy

53

(12)

Duration of travel, median in days (IQR) (missing data = 2)

16 (12.8–27.3)

 

 1 week or less (missing data = 0)

27

(6)

 More than a week and less than a month

334

(73)

 1–5 months

99

(22)

Purpose of travel (missing data = 1)

  

 Vacation

383

(83)

 Business

38

(8)

 Other/multiple c

38

(8)

Geographic region (missing data = 0) d

  

 South-Eastern Asia

107

(23)

 Eastern Africa

96

(21)

 Western Africa, Middle Africa

86

(19)

 Southern Asia

68

(15)

 Latin America and the Caribbean

41

(9)

 Southern Africa

26

(6)

 Europe, Northern America

15

(3)

 Northern Africa, Western Asia

12

(3)

 Eastern Asia, Central Asia

9

(2)

  1. a Proportion of positive among those from whom information was available
  2. b Crohn's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, primary biliary cirrhosis, diverticulosis, microscopic colitis, celiac disease
  3. c 14 (3 %) travelers reported two or more purposes of travel
  4. d Given according to primary destination. Categorized into three subgroups: Asia (Western Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, Eastern Asia, and Central Asia), Africa (Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Middle Africa, Southern Africa, and Northern Africa), and the others (Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, North America)