Table 1.
Diagnoses in the study population
| Type | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Malignant disease (n = 597) | Colorectal cancer | 19.6 |
| Head and neck cancer | 13.2 | |
| Hematologic disease | 11.4 | |
| Urogenital and mamma cancer | 9.6 | |
| Pancreatic cancer | 9.4 | |
| Gastric cancer | 8.0 | |
| Hepatic cancer | 7.7 | |
| Lung | 6.2 | |
| Biliary cancer | 4.5 | |
| other | 10.4 | |
| Benign disease (n = 903) | Inflammatory bowel disease | 33.8 |
| Hepatic disease | 20.3 | |
| Benign colon disease | 10.4 | |
| Heart disease | 8.1 | |
| Gastro-oesophageal disease | 4.6 | |
| Biliary disease | 3.4 | |
| Pancreatic disease | 2.3 | |
| Lung | 1.6 | |
| Diabetes | 1.5 | |
| Other | 14.0 |