Table 4 Predictors of Outcome of Imported Gastrointestinal Syndromes

Female gender

1.45

1.06-1.99

<0.05

Age - 28-37 years

0.76

0.52-1.10

0.150

Age - >37 years

0.84

0.58-1.22

0.369

Travel to North America

3.61

1.57-7.9

<0.005

Syndrome - Abdominal Pain and Bloating

1.41

0.89-2.18

0.133

Syndrome - Dysenteric Diarrhoea

2.14

1.38-3.25

<0.0005

Syndrome - Other GI syndrome

0.58

0.14-1.67

0.380

Leucocytosis^a

1.58

1.02-2.40

<0.05