. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 20.

Published in final edited form as: Neurodegener Dis. 2015 Feb 20;15(2):109–113. doi: 10.1159/000369812

Table 2.

Associations of ALS with odds of antecedent conditions. Parameters are odds-ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). The prevalence of each condition is less in ALS compared to the age and gender ratio-matched control condition.

Condition	Odds Ratio, (CI)
Arthritis	0.14, (0.11, 0.18)
Neurological Disease	0.14, (0.07, 0.27)
Liver Disease	0.19, (0.10, 0.35)
COPD	0.23, (0.16, 0.32)
Kidney Disease	0.32, (0.18, 0.57)
Asthma	0.39, (0.30, 0.51)
Diabetes	0.47, (0.38, 0.58)
Hypertension	0.56, (0.49, 0.64)
Obesity	0.60, (0.49, 0.74)
Hyperlipidemia	0.62, (0.54, 0.71)
Thyroid Disease	0.78, (0.60, 1.02)