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Table 3 Prevalence of comorbidities

From: Determinants of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity in the late-elderly differ from those in younger patients

 

Prevalence (%)

p value

<75 years

≥75 years

Total

Asthma

21.1

23.0

22.0

n.s.

Interstitial pneumonia

5.4

10.9

7.8

n.s.

Lung cancer

5.2

6.0

5.5

n.s.

Other malignancies

17.6

25.7

21.2

0.05

Anxiety

8.3

5.6

7.1

n.s.

Depression

7.9

13.5

10.2

0.07

Hypertension

29.6

46.5

37.0

<0.01

Coronary artery disease

9.4

14.2

11.5

n.s.

Arrhythmia

9.9

12.0

10.8

n.s.

Chronic heart failure

4.3

8.2

6.0

n.s.

Aortic aneurysm

1.7

6.6

3.9

0.01

Diabetes mellitus

15.0

14.8

14.9

n.s.

Dyslipidemia

17.6

15.9

16.8

n.s.

Hyperuricemia

7.3

10.4

8.7

n.s.

Cerebral infarction

5.2

7.7

6.3

n.s.

Chronic renal failure

1.2

3.2

2.0

n.s.

Gastro-esophageal reflux disease

34.9

31.1

33.3

n.s.

Peptic ulcer

7.3

12.6

9.6

0.09

Chronic sinusitis

12.8

8.8

11.1

n.s.

Prostatic hypertrophy

7.7

19.7

13.0

<0.01

Liver dysfunction/Liver cirrhosis

8.7

8.8

8.7

n.s.

Collagen disease

2.1

1.7

1.9

n.s.

Anemia

15.7

37.2

25.0

<0.01

Osteoporosis

15.2

23.7

18.9

0.06

Cataract

34.8

64.1

47.9

<0.01

  1. n.s. not significant