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Table 2 Distribution of mean CRP rate per diagnose for the regular general practitioners, the 20 most used diagnoses

From: Point-of-care testing with CRP in primary care: a registry-based observational study from Norway

Diagnoses

CRP rate daytime (SD)a

CRP rate OOH (SD)a

P-value

Fever

0.76 (0.20)

0.82 (0.22)

<0.001

Respiratory infection

0.70 (0.23)

0.82 (0.22)

<0.001

Pneumonia

0.75 (0.26)

0.88 (0.22)

<0.001

Influenza

0.74 (0.26)

0.86 (0.22)

<0.001

Bronchitis/bronchiolitis

0.69 (0.25)

0.82 (0.24)

<0.001

Acute upper respiratory infection

0.60 (0.23)

0.72 (0.26)

<0.001

Acute tonsillitis

0.70 (0.28)

0.78 (0.28)

<0.001

Viral infection

0.72 (0.25)

0.82 (0.25)

<0.001

Throat symptoms

0.69 (0.26)

0.84 (0.24)

<0.001

Streptococcal infection

0.70 (0.28)

0.78 (0.28)

<0.001

Cough

0.52 (0.24)

0.74 (0.27)

<0.001

Acute laryngitis

0.64 (0.29)

0.69 (0.29)

0.001

Gastroenteritis

0.60 (0.28)

0.74 (0.28)

<0.001

Vomiting

0.62 (0.28)

0.78 (0.25)

<0.001

Diarrhoea

0.49 (0.27)

0.81 (0.26)

<0.001

Conjunctivitis

0.14 (0.14)

0.28 (0.26)

<0.001

Otitis media

0.39 (0.25)

0.59 (0.31)

<0.001

Abdominal pain

0.41 (0.25)

0.78 (0.25)

<0.001

Asthma

0.41 (0.25)

0.78 (0.25)

<0.001

Urinary infection

0.79 (0.29)

0.94 (0.11)

<0.001

  1. a SD Standard deviation