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

Table 4.

Standardised prevalence of chronic diseases in patients with COPD

EDC Observed prevalence
Expected prevalence
SPR* Lower CI Upper CI
% COPD % COPD
Congestive heart failure
8.03
3.34
2.41
1.88
2.93
Chronic liver disease
4.99
2.63
1.89
1.37
2.42
Asthma
5.83
3.36
1.73
1.29
2.18
Generalised atherosclerosis
10.47
6.25
1.67
1.35
1.99
Osteoporosis
6.98
4.91
1.42
1.09
1.75
Ischaemic heart disease
8.45
6.00
1.41
1.11
1.71
Schizophrenia
1.15
0.85
1.35
0.57
2.12
Thyroid disease
14.21
11.06
1.28
1.07
1.50
Chronic renal failure
6.34
4.96
1.28
0.96
1.59
Anxiety/Depression
20.20
15.86
1.27
1.10
1.45
Cardiac valve disease
2.21
1.76
1.25
0.73
1.77
Cardiac arrhythmia
15.81
12.70
1.25
1.05
1.44
Obesity
25.32
20.49
1.24
1.08
1.39
Chronic skin ulcer
2.37
1.96
1.20
0.72
1.69
Glaucoma
5.31
4.51
1.18
0.86
1.46
Cerebrovascular disease
7.49
6.48
1.16
0.89
1.42
Diabetes mellitus
20.77
18.24
1.14
0.98
1.29
Degenerative joint disease
5.67
5.11
1.11
0.82
1.40
Malignant neoplasms
12.90
11.63
1.11
0.92
1.30
Disorders of lipid metabolism
34.44
31.32
1.10
0.98
1.22
Arterial hypertension
51.98
48.14
1.08
0.99
1.17
Deafness, hearing loss
8.19
7.87
1.04
0.82
1.27
Parkinson’s disease
1.66
1.71
0.97
0.50
1.44
Benign prostatic hypertrophy
15.81
16.41
0.96
0.81
1.11
Dementias 1.92 2.56 0.75 0.41 1.08

EDC: expanded diagnosis cluster.

(*) Standardised prevalence ratio.