Table 5.

Prevalence of Comorbidities

	Overall (N = 1,046)		Rheumatoid Arthritis (N = 639)		Urinary Incontinence (N = 407)		If Significant at p ≤ 0.001
Comorbidity	n	%	n	%	n	%	χ2	p	ORc	95% CI
Cancer	154	15	56	9	98	24	46.4	< 0.001	3.30	2.30, 4.70
Coronary artery diseasea	140	13	53	8	87	21	36.7	< 0.001	2.60	1.90, 3.50
Irregular heart beat	151	15	65	0	86	21	24.2	< 0.001	2.10	1.50, 2.80
Valvular heart disease	71	7	37	6	34	8	–	–	–	–
Heart failure	89	9	42	7	47	12	–	–	–	–
Hypertension	430	41	210	33	220	54	46.3	< 0.001	1.60	1.40, 1.90
Anemia	173	17	124	20	49	12	10.3	0.001	0.61	0.49, 0.83
Asthma	114	11	69	11	45	11	–	–	–	–
Chronic bronchitis	73	7	51	8	22	5	–	–	–	–
Emphysema	50	5	23	4	27	7	–	–	–	–
Headache	249	24	199	31	50	12	49.2	< 0.001	0.39	0.30, 0.52
Cerebral vascular diseaseb	101	10	25	4	76	19	62.6	< 0.001	4.80	3.10, 7.40
Thyroid disease	192	18	105	17	87	21	–	–	–	–
Diabetes mellitus	125	12	44	7	81	20	39.5	< 0.001	–	–
Urinary incontinence	505	49	98	15	407	100	710.2	< 0.001	2.90	2.00, 4.10
Kidney diseases	52	5	27	4	25	6	–	–	6.50	5.40, 7.80
Peptic ulcer	118	11	82	13	36	9	–	–	–	–
Digestive disease	121	12	57	9	64	16	11.2	0.001	–	–
Osteoarthritis	455	44	160	25	295	73	227.7	< 0.001	1.80	1.30, 2.50
Osteoporosis	284	27	189	30	95	24	–	–	2.90	2.50, 3.40
Skin disorders	150	14	90	14	60	15	–	–	–	–
Depression	228	22	132	21	96	24	–	–	–	–
Anxiety	160	15	103	16	57	14	–	–	–	–

^aBased on history of myocardial infarction or coronary artery disease

^bBased on history of stroke or transient ischemia attack

^cUrinary incontinence versus rheumatoid arthritis

CI—confidence interval; OR—odds ratio