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Table 2 Prevalence of self-reported diagnoses by gender and for the whole sample

From: Self-rated health in multimorbid older general practice patients: a cross-sectional study in Germany

Diagnosis group

Total (n = 3189)

Men (n = 1298)

Women (n = 1891)

p value 3

Hypertension

2307 (72.3%)

939 (72.3%)

1368 (72.3%)

n.s.

Joint arthrosis

2115 (66.4%)

718 (55.4%)

1397 (73.9%)

< 0.001

Chronic low back pain

1975 (62.0%)

700 (54.1%)

1275 (67.5%)

< 0.001

Lipid metabolism disorders

1460 (45.9%)

617 (47.6%)

843 (44.7%)

n.s.

Chronic ischemic heart disease

963 (30.3%)

549 (42.3%)

414 (22.0%)

< 0.001

Severe vision reduction

1396 (43.9%)

515 (39.7%)

881 (46.8%)

< 0.001

Prostatic hyperplasia

511 (20.8%)

511 (39.6%)

--

--

Diabetes mellitus

992 (31.2%)

479 (37.0%)

513 (27.2%)

< 0.001

Cardiac arrhythmia

1044 (32.8%)

451 (34.8%)

595 (31.5%)

n.s.

Neuropathies

1114 (34.9%)

426 (32.8%)

688 (36.4%)

0.041

Dizziness

1109 (34.8%)

381 (29.4%)

728 (38.5%)

< 0.001

Lower limb varicosis

1148 (36.0%)

321 (24.8%)

827 (43.8%)

< 0.001

Asthma/COPD1

696 (21.8%)

280 (21.6%)

416 (22.0%)

n.s.

Purine/pyrimidine metabolism disorders/Gout

536 (16.9%)

269 (20.8%)

267 (14.2%)

< 0.001

Haemorrhoids

727 (22.8%)

246 (19.0%)

481 (25.5%)

< 0.001

Cerebral ischemia/Chronic stroke

444 (13.9%)

225 (17.4%)

219 (11.6%)

< 0.001

Cardiac insufficiency

548 (17.2%)

214 (16.5%)

334 (17.7%)

n.s.

Atherosclerosis/PAOD2

347 (10.9%)

193 (14.9%)

154 (8.2%)

< 0.001

Thyroid dysfunction

991 (31.1%)

192 (14.8%)

799 (42.3%)

< 0.001

Cancer

332 (10.4%)

171 (13.2%)

161 (8.8%)

< 0.001

Noninflammatory gynaecological problems

246 (9.1%)

--

246 (13.1%)

--

Renal insufficiency

307 (9.6%)

150 (11.6%)

157 (8.3%)

0.003

Cardiac valve disorders

314 (9.9%)

139 (10.7%)

175 (9.3%)

n.s.

Intestinal diverticulosis

435 (13.7%)

138 (10.6%)

297 (15.7%)

< 0.001

Psoriasis

213 (6.7%)

117 (9.0%)

96 (5.1%)

< 0.001

Rheumatoid arthritis/Chronic polyarthritis

410 (12.9%)

112 (8.7%)

298 (15.8%)

< 0.001

Osteoporosis

690 (21.7%)

97 (7.5%)

593 (31.4%)

< 0.001

Chronic cholecystitis/Gallstones

271 (8.5%)

78 (6.0%)

193 (10.2%)

< 0.001

Urinary tract stones

124 (3.9%)

63 (4.9%)

61 (3.2%)

0.025

Anemia

169 (5.3%)

54 (4.2%)

115 (6.1%)

0.019

Migraine/chronic headache

166 (5.2%)

37 (2.9%)

129 (6.8%)

< 0.001

Parkinson’s disease

67 (2.1%)

36 (2.8%)

31 (1.6%)

0.032

  1. Note: 1: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; 2: peripheral arterial occlusive disease;
  2. 3: χ2-test, df = 1, two-sided p, n.s. = not significant (p > 0.05).