Table 2. The distribution of medical comorbidities among the 528 included patients, stratified by age groups.
| Comorbidity | No. (%) of patients grouping by age (years) |
No. of patients (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 60 (n = 198) | 60–69 (n = 172) | > 69 (n = 158) | ||
| All | 303 (57.4) | |||
| Cardiovascular | 69 (34.8) | 81 (47.1) | 72 (45.6) | 222 (42.0) |
| Respiratory | 22 (11.1) | 25 (14.5) | 21 (13.3) | 68 (12.9) |
| Gastrointestinal | 18 (9.1) | 14 (8.1) | 17 (10.8) | 49 (9.3) |
| Renal | 7 (3.5) | 8 (4.7) | 13 (8.2) | 28 (5.3) |
| Endocrine | 64 (32.3) | 76 (44.2) | 61 (38.6) | 201 (38.1) |
| Neurological | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.6) | 5 (3.2) | 7 (1.3) |
| Psychiatric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rheumatologic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Immunological | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malignancy | 0 | 2 (1.2) | 10 (6.3) | 12 (2.3) |
| Substance abuse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Obesity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |