From: Parasites in Mexican patients with irritable bowel syndrome: a case-control study
Group (n) | Variable | OR* | 95%IC‡ | χ2 | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
IBS group (115) | Any parasite/Diarrhoea | 3.38 | 1.33-8.57 | 7.02 | 0.008 |
 | Blastocystis/Diarrhoea | 2.73 | 0.84-8.80 | 3.74 | 0.053 |
Control group (209) | Any parasite/Diarrhoea | 0.783 | 0.36-1.72 | 0.37 | 0.542 |
 | Blastocystis/Diarrhoea | 0.781 | 0.29-2.06 | 0.25 | 0.617 |
All participants (324) | Any parasite/Diarrhoea | 1.39 | 0.77-2.48 | 1.22 | 0.269 |
 | Blastocystis/Diarrhoea | 1.33 | 0.62-2.8 | 0.64 | 0.420 |