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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Oral Oncol. 2013 Jul 25;49(9):911–917. doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2013.07.001

Table 2.

Distribution of comorbid conditions by overall comorbid score

Characteristic None Mild Moderate Severe
Overall ACE-27 Score 55 (19.1%) 125 (43.4%) 81 (28.1%) 27 (9.4%)

System

Cardiovascular
  HTNa 151 (52.4%) 128 (44.4%) 9 (3.1%) 0 (0.0%)
  Angina/CADa 264 (91.7%) 23 (8%) 1 (0.3%) 0 (0.0%)
  CHFa 286 (99.3%) 2 (0.7%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)
  Myocardial Infarction 281 (97.6%) 1 (0.4%) 6 (2.1%) 0 (0.0%)
  Arrhythmia 281 (97.6%) 1 (0.4%) 6 (2.0%) 0 (0.0%)
  Venous Disease 286 (99.3%) 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%)
  Peripheral Artery Disease 282 (97.9%) 4 (1.4%) 2 (0.7%) 0 (0.0%)
Respiratory Disease 253 (88.9%) 32 (11.1%) 1 (0.4%) 2 (0.7%)
Hepatic Disease 255 (88.5%) 30 (10.4%) 2 (0.7%) 1 (0.5%)
Diabetes 246 (85.4%) 26 (9.0%) 12 (4.2%) 4 (1.4%)
Psychiatric Disease 265 (92.0%) 22 (7.6%) 1 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%)
Illicit Substance Abuse 259 (90.0%) 24 (8.3%) 5 (1.7%) 0 (0.0%)

AIDS 273 (94.8%) 10 (3.5%) 5 (1.7%) 0 (0.0%)
Stroke 274 (95.1%) 8 (2.8%) 6 (2.1%) 0 (0.0%)
Solid Tumor Including 249 (86.5%) 14 (4.9%) 25 (8.7%) 0 (0.0%)
  Melanoma
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Hypertension (HTN); Coronary Artery Disease (CAD); Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)