Table 3.
Summary of Baseline Medical Comorbidity According to CIRS Scores
| Baseline Comorbidity | Total N | Level of Severity | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Mild | Moderate or more | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Heart | 264 | 234 | 88.6 | 17 | 6.4 | 13 | 4.9 |
| Vascular | 261 | 217 | 83.1 | 19 | 7.3 | 25 | 9.6 |
| Haematopoietic | 219 | 205 | 93.6 | 10 | 4.6 | 4 | 1.8 |
| Respiratory (lungs, bronchi, trachea below the larynx) | 264 | 193 | 73.1 | 53 | 20.1 | 18 | 6.8 |
| Head and neck (eyes, ear, nose, throat, larynx) | 264 | 226 | 85.6 | 31 | 11.7 | 7 | 2.7 |
| Upper GI (esophagus, stomach, duodenum, biliary and pancreas) | 264 | 206 | 78.0 | 36 | 13.6 | 22 | 8.3 |
| Lower GI (intestines, hernias) | 264 | 235 | 89.0 | 23 | 8.7 | 6 | 2.3 |
| Liver | 263 | 253 | 96.2 | 9 | 3.4 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Renal (kidneys only) | 264 | 258 | 97.8 | 5 | 1.9 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Genitourinary | 264 | 219 | 83.0 | 32 | 12.1 | 13 | 4.9 |
| Musculoskeletal/Integument | 264 | 177 | 67.0 | 44 | 16.7 | 43 | 16.3 |
| Neurological (brain, spinal cord, nerves) | 264 | 201 | 76.1 | 39 | 14.8 | 24 | 9.1 |
| Psychiatric illness (mental) | 264 | 78 | 29.5 | 32 | 12.1 | 154 | 58.3 |
| Endocrine/metabolic and breast (includes diffuse infections, poisoning) | 264 | 198 | 75.0 | 41 | 15.5 | 25 | 9.5 |