From: Travelers’ health problems and behavior: prospective study with post-travel follow-up
Number | (%a) | |
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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) |