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Table 3 Main chronic conditions and differences by sex and level of risk

From: Adjusted morbidity groups and survival: a retrospective cohort study of primary care patients with chronic conditions

Variables n (%)

Total

9,866 (100)

Female

6,056 (61.4)

Male

3,810 (38.6)

p-

valuea

Low risk

7,638 (77.4)

Medium risk

1,784 (18.1)

High risk

444 (4.5)

p valueb

Arterial hypertension

3,418 (34.6)

1,998 (33.0)

1,420 (37.3)

< 0.01

1,855 (24.3)

1,199 (67.2)

364 (82.0)

< 0.01

Chronic heart failure

240 (2.4)

151 (2.5)

89 (2.3)

0.64

16 (0.2)

101 (5.7)

123 (27.7)

< 0.01

Chronic renal insufficiency

142 (1.4)

70 (1.2)

72 (1.9)

< 0.01

9 (0.1)

36 (2.0)

97 (21.8)

< 0.01

Cirrhosis

479 (4.9)

241 (4.0)

238 (6.2)

< 0.01

241 (3.2)

188 (10.5)

50 (11.3)

< 0.01

COPD

389 (3.9)

168 (2.8)

221 (5.8)

< 0.01

115 (1.5)

165 (9.2)

109 (24.5)

< 0.01

Dementia

213 (2.2)

162 (2.7)

51 (1.3)

< 0.01

64 (0.8)

93 (5.2)

56 (12.6)

< 0.01

Depression

1,251 (12.7)

957 (15.8)

294 (7.7)

< 0.01

764 (10.0)

386 (21.6)

101 (22.7)

< 0.01

Diabetes mellitus

1,063 (10.8)

546 (9.0)

517 (13.6)

< 0.01

442 (5.8)

432 (24.2)

189 (42.6)

< 0.01

Ischaemic heart disease

370 (3.8)

137 (2.3)

233 (6.1)

< 0.01

86 (1.1)

173 (9.7)

111 (25.0)

< 0.01

Neoplasia

481 (4.9)

249 (4.1)

232 (6.1)

< 0.01

129 (1.7)

185 (10.4)

167 (37.6)

< 0.01

Obesity

1,626 (16.5)

955 (15.8)

671 (17.6)

0.02

1,032 (13.5)

463 (26.0)

131 (29.5)

< 0.01

Stroke

267 (2.7)

147 (2.4)

120 (3.1)

0.04

62 (0.8)

113 (6.3)

92 (20.7)

< 0.01

  1. COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. a p value shows the differences between males and females based on bivariate analysis. b p value shows the differences between risk levels based on bivariate analysis