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Table 3 Prevalence of chronic diseases in patients with COPD

From: Comorbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in family practice: a cross sectional study

EDC

Prevalence Men

Prevalence Women

Prevalence Total

Arterial hypertension

49.96

58.42

51.98

Disorders of lipid metabolism

34.22

35.16

34.44

Obesity

24.66

27.41

25.32

Diabetes mellitus

22.26

16.04

20.77

Anxiety/Depression

16.58

31.68

20.20

Cardiac arrhythmia

15.99

15.24

15.81

Thyroid disease

10.94

24.60

14.21

Malignant neoplasms

14.56

7.62

12.90

Generalised atherosclerosis

12.46

4.14

10.47

Ischaemic heart disease

9.30

5.75

8.45

Deafness, hearing loss

7.74

9.63

8.19

Congestive heart failure

7.70

9.09

8.03

Cerebrovascular disease

7.91

6.15

7.49

Osteoporosis

2.65

20.72

6.98

Chronic renal failure

7.11

3.88

6.34

Asthma

3.75

12.43

5.83

Degenerative joint disease

4.08

10.70

5.67

Glaucoma

4.97

6.42

5.31

Chronic liver disease

5.72

2.67

4.99

Chronic skin ulcer

2.36

2.41

2.37

Cardiac valve disease

2.31

1.87

2.21

Dementias

1.85

2.14

1.92

Parkinson’s disease

1.73

1.47

1.66

Schizophrenia

1.09

1.34

1.15

Benign prostatic hypertrophy

20.71

  
  1. EDC: expanded diagnosis cluster.