The association between medically unexplained physical symptoms and health care use over two years and the influence of depressive and anxiety disorders and personality traits: a longitudinal study

Table 4 MUPS related to HCU 1 year later: GEE time-lag analyses

	Crude RR (95 % CI)	Adjusted RR (95 % CI)
MUPS and number of medical services	1.021 (1.018–1.023)*	1.018 (1.015–1.020)*
MUPS and number of contacts	1.060 (1.053–1.067)*	1.051 (1.043–1.058)*

*All RRs were significant with p-values below 0.001. The adjusted RRs were adjusted for the sociodemographic variables and chronic diseases. MUPS were measured at T0 and T1. HCU was measured at T1 and T2

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