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. 2017 Mar 20;22:13. doi: 10.1186/s12199-017-0620-0

Table 2.

Prevalence of comorbidites between subjects with mild AL, moderate-to-severe AL, and normal lung function

Comorbidity Normal
n = 11,785
AL p value
Mild n = 469 Moderate-to-very severe n = 451
Men (n = 6,661) n = 6,010 n = 257 n = 394
 Lumg cancer 9 (0.15) 3 (1.17) 7 (1.78) <0.001
 Hypertension 2,602 (43.29) 127 (49.42) 210 (53.30) 0.064
 Diabetes and hyperglycemia 1,241 (20.65) 65 (25.29) 102 (22.62) 0.012
 Dyslipidemia 2,887 (48.04) 118 (45.91) 182 (46.19) 0.637
 MetS (JIS) 1,009 (16.79) 44 (17.12) 84 (21.32) 0.068
 MetS (JCCMS) 964 (16.04) 46 (18.11) 68 (17.26) 0.611
 Ischemic heart disease 164 (2.73) 7 (2.72) 14 (3.55) 0.627
 Osteoporosis 8 (0.13) 0 (0) 1 (0.25) 0.684
 Depression and mental disease 17 (0.28) 0 (0) 1 (0.25) 0.692
Women (n = 6,044) n = 5,775 n = 212 n = 57
 Lumg cancer 15 (0.26) 2 (0.94) 1 (1.75) 0.026
 Hypertension 1,886 (32.66) 97 (45.75) 25 (43.86) <0.001
 Diabetes and hyperglycemia 754 (13.06) 44 (20.75) 9 (15.79) 0.005
 Dyslipidemia 2,433 (42.13) 94 (44.34) 17 (29.82) 0.138
 MetS (JIS) 1,024 (17.73) 51 (24.06) 9 (15.79) 0.057
 MetS (JCCMS) 200 (3.46) 14 (6.60) 2 (3.51) 0.054
 Ischemic heart disease 61 (1.06) 3 (1.42) 0 (0) 0.648
 Osteoporosis 316 (5.47) 19 (8.96) 6 (10.53) 0.027
 Depression and mental disease 15 (0.26) 1 (0.47) 0 (0) 0.779

Data presented are number (percent)

Ischemic heart disease; including angina pectoris and myocardial infarction Airflow limitation (AL) was dfined as FEV1/FVC < 0.7

Hypertension; antihypertensive medication use or systolic blood pressure ≧ 130 mmHg or diastolc blood pressure ≧ 85 mmHg Diabetes and hypergfycemia; blood glucose-lowerning medication use or elevated fasting glucose ≧ 110 Dyslipidemia; medication use or triglycerides ≧ 150 mg/dl, HDL-C < 40 mg/dl or LDL-C ≧ 140 mg/dl

AL airflow limitation, MetS metabolic syndrome, JIS Joint Interim Statement, JCCMS Japanese Committee of Criteria for MetS