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Table 4 Non-cardiovascular morbidity of participants in the BELFRAIL cohort (n = 567)

From: The BELFRAIL (BFC80+) study: a population-based prospective cohort study of the very elderly in Belgium

 

Active pathology* n (%)

Cured pathology n (%)

Unknown$, n (%)

Thyroid dysfunction

51 (9.0)

23 (4.1)

1 (0.2)

   Hypofunction

47 (8.4)

5 (0.9)

2 (0.4)

   Hyperfunction

1 (0.2)

15 (2.7)

3 (0.5)

Anaemia

50 (8.9)

23 (4.1)

0 (0)

Asthma

27 (4.8)

7 (1.2)

5 (0.9)

COPD

65 (11.5)

-

12 (2.1)

Parkinson's disease

16 (2.8)

-

3 (0.5)

Arthritis

28 (5.0)

23 (4.1)

1 (0.2)

Osteoarthritis

324 (58.0)

-

4 (0.7)

Osteoporosis

125 (22.5)

-

17 (3.1)

Cancer

43 (7.6)

73 (12.9)

5 (0.9)

Depression

74 (13.1)

32 (5.7)

8 (1.4)

Renal insufficiency

64 (11.4)

5 (0.9)

9 (1.6)

Hip prosthesis£

73 (13.0)

-

-

Knee prosthesis£

44 (7.8)

-

-

  1. *Present (even if well controlled by treatment) or having occurred less than six months ago; $Unknown or doubt by general practitioner; £Less or more than 12 months ago.