TABLE 2.

Percent Distribution of Baseline Comorbid Conditions for Entire Sample

Comorbid Condition	N (Weighted N)	%
Hypertension	1183 (2824)	20.1
Alcohol abuse	754 (2438)	17.3
Chronic pulmonary disease	440 (1257)	8.9
Diabetes	343 (860)	6.1
Depression	239 (736)	5.2
Other neurological disease	251 (659)	4.7
Hypothyroidism	214 (559)	4.0
Coronary artery disease	268 (571)	4.1
Cancer-solid tumor	265 (552)	3.9
Peptic ulcer disease	209 (516)	3.7
Cerebrovascular disease	247 (481)	3.4
Chronic IV drug abuse	141 (464)	3.3
Cardiac arrhythmias	211 (412)	2.9
Myocardial infarction	160 (366)	2.6
Congestive heart failure	157 (327)	2.3
Renal disease	141 (323)	2.3
Dementia	160 (291)	2.1
Severe diabetes	126 (275)	2.0
Peripheral vascular disease	131 (280)	2.0
Rheumatoid arthritis	100 (260)	1.8
Liver disease	78 (259)	1.8
Other substance abuse	72 (241)	1.7
Psychoses	72 (219)	1.6
Other psych disorder	71 (215)	1.5
Chronic pain	75 (194)	1.4
Severe liver disease	72 (168)	1.2
Obesity	65 (172)	1.2
Blood thinner/coagulopathy	70 (149)	1.1
Other anemia	50 (129)	0.9
Paralysis	51 (118)	0.8
Valvular heart disease	44 (105)	0.7
AIDS	34 (84)	0.6
Metastatic cancer	38 (58)	0.4
Leukemia	12 (20)	0.1
Lymphoma	5 (10)	0.1
Fluid and electrolyte disorder	4 (14)	0.1
Weight loss	3 (4)	0.03
Deficiency anemia	1 (2)	0.02
Blood loss anemia	1 (2)	0.01
On steroids	0	0

Items below line had prevalence of <1% and were not included in further analysis.