Table 2.
Pre-existing chronic diseases in men and women.
| Cancer patients | Non-cancer patients | P-value | OR2 | (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Prev1 | N | Prev1 | ||||
| Ten most common pre-existing diseases in cancer patients | |||||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 586 | 152.80 | 1864 | 155.68 | 0.48 | 0.96 | (0.87–1.07) |
| Lipid disorders | 508 | 132.46 | 1559 | 130.21 | 0.60 | 1.03 | (0.92–1.15) |
| Ischemic heart disease with angina | 459 | 119.69 | 1326 | 110.75 | 0.73 | 1.02 | (0.91–1.14) |
| Myocardial infarction | 405 | 105.61 | 1162 | 97.05 | 0.86 | 1.01 | (0.90–1.14) |
| Ischemic heart disease without angina | 393 | 102.48 | 1151 | 96.13 | 0.98 | 1.00 | (0.88–1.13) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 382 | 99.61 | 944 | 78.84 | 0.00 | 1.21 | (1.06–1.37) |
| Osteoarthrosis knee | 312 | 81.36 | 1054 | 88.03 | 0.17 | 0.91 | (0.80–1.04) |
| Benign prostatic hypertrophy | 297 | 77.44 | 740 | 61.81 | 0.33 | 1.08 | (0.93–1.25) |
| Back syndrome without radiating pain | 281 | 73.27 | 888 | 74.17 | 0.70 | 0.97 | (0.85–1.12) |
| Osteoarthrosis hip | 272 | 70.93 | 885 | 73.92 | 0.47 | 0.95 | (0.82–1.09) |
| Significant differences between cancer and non-cancer patients3 | |||||||
| Dementia | 60 | 15.65 | 344 | 28.73 | 0.00 | 0.48 | (0.36–0.64) |
| Personality disorder | 21 | 5.48 | 127 | 10.61 | 0.01 | 0.53 | (0.33–0.84) |
1Prev: lifetime prevalence per 1000 persons.
2OR: odds ratio adjusted for sex and age.
3Please see Table 2 in the Supplementary Material on the journal website for all other diseases.