Table 4 |
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Category-oriented likelihood ratios (LR) of signs and symptoms and laboratory results for organic diseases in patients with non-acute abdominal pain* |
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Patient Characteristics |
Category-oriented LR(+) |
Category-oriented LR(-) |
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Male sex |
1.41 |
0.78 |
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Age > 30 years |
1.12 |
0.64 |
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Age > 60 years |
1.47 |
0.9 |
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30 < Age < 60 years |
1.08 |
0.88 |
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Symptoms |
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History of blood in stool |
1.5 |
0.89 |
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Pain affecting sleep |
1.3 |
0.77 |
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No pain relief after defecation |
1.1 |
0.72 |
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No specific character to pain# |
1.5 |
0.93 |
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Weight loss > 1 kg in4 weeks |
1.29 |
0.89 |
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Laboratory tests |
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White blood cell count > 10000 mm-3 |
2.28 |
0.9 |
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate > 20 mm hour' |
2 |
0.92 |
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Low hemoglobin level |
1.78 |
0.87 |
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* Category-oriented LRs calculated using values of sensitivity and specificity derived from the study by Muris et al. [27] # No description of the pain as one or more of the following: burning, cutting, terrible, feeling of pressure, dull, boring |
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Moosapour et al. BMC Medical Education 2011 11:94 doi:10.1186/1472-6920-11-94 |
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