. 2017 Apr 14;17:273. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2209-0

Table 2.

Patient diagnoses by disease category and organ system

	Cases (n = 247)	Controls (n = 247)
Diagnosis	%	%
Chronic disease	97.58	76.11^a
Multiple chronic conditions	52.22	17.81^a
Neurological	46.15	25.51^a
Cardiac	82.59	61.54^a
Pulmonary	46.96	19.03^a
Gastro-intestinal	49.39	19.84^a
Hematological	61.13	17.00^a
Infectious disease	25.91	8.50^a
Renal	39.68	13.36^a
Gynecological/Urological	20.65	12.96^a
Musculoskeletal	28.34	21.46
Psychiatric	36.44	18.22^a
Endocrine	44.53	27.13^a
Trauma	3.64	6.48
Rheumatology/Nutritional Deficiencies/Other	12.55	11.74
Weight status
BMI, mean (std. dev.)	27.06 (8.04)	27.76 (7.11)

^asignificant at alpha = 0.05