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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants (n = 47,022)

From: Pre-travel health care attendance among migrant travellers visiting friends and relatives (VFR): a 10-year retrospective analysis

 

All (n = 47,022)

Non-VFR (n = 40,569)

VFR (n = 6453)

Comparison

N (column %)

N (column %)

N (column %)

P value°

Sex

   

<  0.001

 Male

22,712 (48.3)

20,224 (49.8)

2488 (38.6)

 

 Female

24,310 (51.7)

20,345 (50.2)

3965 (61.4)

 

Agea

34.7 ± 13.9

35.8 ± 12.5

28.7 ± 18.7

<  0.001

Area of origin

   

<  0.001

 Africa

2257 (4.8)

215 (0.5)

2042 (31.7)

 

 Asia

752 (1.6)

124 (0.3)

628 (9.7)

 

 Australia

19 (0.0)

12 (0.0)

6 (0.1)

 

 Europe

39,828 (84.7)

39,764 (98.0)

64 (1.0)

 

 North America

28 (0.1)

20 (0.1)

8 (0.1)

 

 Cen. America

517 (1.1)

36 (0.1)

481 (7.5)

 

 South America

3621 (7.7)

397 (1.0)

3223 (49.9)

 

Travel destination

   

<  0.001

 Africa

14,859 (31.6)

12,779 (31.5)

2080 (32.2)

 

 Asia

6301 (13.4)

5842 (14.4)

459 (7.1)

 

 SEA

11,614 (24.7)

11,481 (28.3)

133 (2.1)

 

 Cen. America

3950 (8.4)

3489 (8.6)

461 (7.1)

 

 South America

9640 (20.5)

6369 (15.7)

3270 (50.7)

 

 Others

658 (1.4)

609 (1.5)

49 (0.8)

 
  1. VFR Travellers visiting friends and relatives, SEA South-eastern Asia
  2. °P value obtained by chi-squared (χ2) and Student’s t-tests
  3. aMean ± standard deviation