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Table 4 Prevalence of comorbidity by gender.

From: Patterns of comorbidity in community-dwelling older people hospitalised for fall-related injury: A cluster analysis

 

Men

n = 13,370

Women

n = 31,572

Total

N = 44,942

Median (IQ) age adjusted CCI†

5 (4-6)

5 (4-6)

5 (4-6)

Any comorbid condition

30.7 (30.0-31.5)

23.7 (23.2-24.2)

25.8 (25.4-26.2)

Diabetes‡

10.0 (9.5-10.6)

7.0 (6.7-7.3)

7.9 (7.6-8.1)

Renal disease

6.8 (6.3-7.2)

3.9 (3.7-4.1)

4.8 (4.6-5.0)

Dementia

3.7 (3.4-4.1)

3.4 (3.2-3.6)

3.5 (3.3-3.7)

Congestive heart failure

3.4 (3.1-3.7)

2.7 (2.5-2.9)

2.9 (2.7-3.1)

Pulmonary disease

3.4 (3.1-3.7)

2.0 (1.8-2.1)

2.4 (2.2-2.5)

Parkinson's disease

3.1 (2.8-3.4)

1.4 (1.3-1.6)

1.9 (1.8-2.0)

Cerebral vascular accident

2.7 (2.4-3.0)

1.4 (1.2-1.5)

1.8 (1.6-1.9)

Cancer

2.6 (2.3-2.9)

1.0 (0.9-1.2)

1.5 (1.4-1.6)

Paraplegia

1.9 (1.7-2.1)

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

1.2 (1.1-1.3)

Delirium

1.5 (1.3-1.7)

1.2 (1.1-1.4)

1.3 (1.2-1.4)

Osteoporosis

1.2 (1.0-1.4)

3.3 (3.1-3.5)

2.7 (2.5-2.8)

Metastatic cancer

1.2 (1.0-1.4)

0.5 (0.4-0.6)

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

Acute myocardial infarction

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

0.9 (0.8-1.0)

0.9 (0.9-1.0)

Vision impairment

1.0 (0.8-1.2)

1.0 (0.9-1.1)

1.0 (0.9-1.1)

Deafness

0.8 (0.7-1.0)

0.6 (0.5-0.7)

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

Peripheral vascular disease

0.6 (0.5-0.8)

0.3 (0.3-0.4)

0.4 (0.4-0.5)

Liver disease

0.2 (0.1-0.3)

0.1 (0.0-0.1)

0.1 (0.1-0.1)

Ataxia

0.2 (0.1-0.3)

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

Connective tissue disorder

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

0.4 (0.3-0.4)

0.3 (0.3-0.4)

Severe liver disease

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

0.0 (0.0-0.1)

0.1 (0.0-0.1)

Peptic ulcer

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

0.1 (0.1-0.2)

  1. Values are percentages (95% confidence intervals) unless stated otherwise*
  2. IQ - interquartile range. CCI-Charlson comorbidity index.
  3. * Neuromyalgia and HIV not shown because of very low prevalence (0.01% for each condition).
  4. † Non-parametric K sample test for equality of medians.
  5. ‡ Diabetes with or without complications. The prevalence of diabetes with complications was 4.8% (4.5-5.2) in men, 3.3% (3.1-3.5) in women, and 3.7% (3.6-3.9) overall. The prevalence of diabetes without complications was 6.1% (5.7-6.5) in men, 4.0% (3.8-4.3) in women, and 4.7% (4.5-4.9) overall.