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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2013 Sep 1;56(12):10.1007/s00125-013-3036-4. doi: 10.1007/s00125-013-3036-4

Table 3.

Associated comorbidities

Characteristic Overall (n=1438) <65 years at
diabetes
diagnosis
(n=1166)
≥65 years at
diabetes
diagnosis
(n=272)
p value
Asthma 11.0 12.3 4.8 0.006
CHF 9.8 8.5 16.7 0.006
CHD 19.7 17.6 30.5 <0.001
COPD 12.5 11.9 15.3 0.17
CVA 10.2 8.7 17.5 <0.001
ESRD 0.7 0.9 0.0
Cancer 14.8 12.0 29.0 <0.001
% reporting good health 58.5 56.7 67.7 <0.001