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. 2013 Jan 16;14:11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-11

Table 3.

Prevalence of chronic diseases in patients with COPD

EDC Prevalence Men Prevalence Women Prevalence Total
Arterial hypertension
49.96
58.42
51.98
Disorders of lipid metabolism
34.22
35.16
34.44
Obesity
24.66
27.41
25.32
Diabetes mellitus
22.26
16.04
20.77
Anxiety/Depression
16.58
31.68
20.20
Cardiac arrhythmia
15.99
15.24
15.81
Thyroid disease
10.94
24.60
14.21
Malignant neoplasms
14.56
7.62
12.90
Generalised atherosclerosis
12.46
4.14
10.47
Ischaemic heart disease
9.30
5.75
8.45
Deafness, hearing loss
7.74
9.63
8.19
Congestive heart failure
7.70
9.09
8.03
Cerebrovascular disease
7.91
6.15
7.49
Osteoporosis
2.65
20.72
6.98
Chronic renal failure
7.11
3.88
6.34
Asthma
3.75
12.43
5.83
Degenerative joint disease
4.08
10.70
5.67
Glaucoma
4.97
6.42
5.31
Chronic liver disease
5.72
2.67
4.99
Chronic skin ulcer
2.36
2.41
2.37
Cardiac valve disease
2.31
1.87
2.21
Dementias
1.85
2.14
1.92
Parkinson’s disease
1.73
1.47
1.66
Schizophrenia
1.09
1.34
1.15
Benign prostatic hypertrophy 20.71    

EDC: expanded diagnosis cluster.