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. 2013 Sep;36(5):463–475. doi: 10.1179/2045772313Y.0000000145

Table 4.

Overall presence of chronic/recurrent conditions

Total (n = 1291)
T (n = 691)
HP (n = 199)
LP (n = 371)
n % n % n % n %
UTI 567 45.3 319 46.2 95 48.3 153 42.0
Pressure ulcer 527 41.5 255 36.9 112 55.0 160 42.6 1,3
Pain 501 39.8 239 34.6 78 40.2 184 49.2 2
DM 416 33.0 219 31.7 74 37.8 123 32.7
Hyper-lipidemia/cholesterolemia 379 30.2 183 26.5 59 30.6 137 36.7 2
Kidney/bladder disorders 323 25.6 178 25.8 51 24.9 94 25.8
PTSD anxiety 186 14.9 104 15.1 17 9.6 65 17.6
Depressive disorder 178 14.2 90 13.0 25 13.4 63 16.8
CAD 174 13.9 69 10.0 36 19.1 69 18.4 1,2
OA 159 12.5 84 12.2 24 11.5 51 13.8
Anemia 154 12.1 71 10.3 35 17.2 48 12.8 1
GERD 152 12.0 75 10.9 26 12.9 51 13.6
Bowel dysfunction 134 10.6 69 10.0 34 16.7 31 8.2 3
Benign prostatic hyperplasia 130 10.2 63 9.1 23 11.0 44 11.7
Urinary incontinence 128 10.2 73 10.6 24 12.4 31 8.2
Arrhythmia 119 9.5 58 8.4 32 15.8 29 8.0 1,3
Peripheral vascular disease 119 9.3 51 7.4 23 11.0 45 12.0 2
Lung diseases 112 8.8 66 9.6 23 11.0 23 6.1
Cancer 95 7.4 50 7.2 17 8.5 28 7.4
Mental disorder 92 7.3 52 7.5 15 7.7 25 6.6
COPD 75 5.9 43 6.2 13 6.2 19 5.1
ED 73 5.7 30 4.3 10 4.8 33 8.8 2
CHF 59 4.7 26 3.8 19 9.6 14 3.7
Substance use 47 3.7 32 4.6 2 1.0 13 3.5
CKD 48 3.6 17 2.5 9 4.3 22 5.9 2

PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; GERD, gastro-esophageal reflux disorder; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ED, erectile dysfunction; CHF, congestive heart failure; CKD, chronic kidney disease.

1, T vs. HP; 2, T vs. LP; 3, HP vs. LP significant at P < 0.05 after controlling for time trend