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. 2012 Jan 23;7(1):e30556. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030556

Table 4. Most frequently co-occuring pairs of conditions and their observed and expected prevalences.

Observed Expected Ratio observed/expected Crude OR [99.58% CI] p-value Adjusted OR [99.58% CI]* p-value#
Hypertension and eye diseases 23.80 22.64 1.05 1.21 [1.01–1.46] 0.003 1.04 [0.84–1.28] 0.632
Hypertension and heart diseases 18.39 15.58 1.18 1.86 [1.50–2.30] <.001 1.67 [1.32–2.11] <.001
Hypertension and diabetes 13.68 10.11 1.35 3.20 [2.41–4.25] <.001 2.95 [2.19–3.96] <.001
Hypertension and joint diseases 10.08 9.70 1.04 1.13 [0.88–1.44] 0.160 1.00 [0.77–1.30] 0.992
Eye diseases and diabetes 8.11 6.62 1.22 1.53 [1.20–1.94] <.001 1.36 [1.04–1.77] 0.001
Eye and joint diseases 7.57 6.35 1.19 1.45 [1.14–1.85] <.001 1.25 [0.96–1.63] 0.018
Hypertension and lung diseases 6.78 6.23 1.09 1.28 [0.95–1.73] 0.020 1.13 [0.82–1.57] 0.268
Heart diseases and diabetes 6.39 4.56 1.40 1.84 [1.43–2.36] <.001 1.46 [1.11–1.92] <.001
Eye and lung diseases 5.43 4.08 1.33 1.81 [1.35–2.42] <.001 1.65 [1.20–2.28] <.001
Hypertension and stroke 5.32 4.12 1.29 2.39 [1.59–3.59] <.001 2.00 [1.26–3.16] <.001
Heart diseases and joint diseases 5.31 4.37 1.21 1.40 [1.08–1.82] 0.002 1.24 [0.93–1.64] 0.034
Hypertension and gastrointestinal diseases 5.30 4.70 1.13 1.07 [0.77–1.47] 0.562 0.93 [0.66–1.31] 0.530

Results from logistic regression models testing the association between pairs of conditions.

*Odds ratios (OR) were adjusted for age, sex and all other diseases.