Table 5.

Prevalence rates of memory-related SCS in relation to the presence/ absence of physical comorbidity (n=8,036)

Physical comorbidity		Prevalence of memory-related SCS1 (%)	χ²	df	p value
Arterial hypertension	Yes	53.0	0.571	1	0.450
	No	53.9
Hyperlipidemia	Yes	53.2	0.118	1	0.731
	No	53.6
Thyroid disease	Yes	55.1	3.363	1	0.067
	No	52.8
Cardiac arrhythmia	Yes	55.0	0.897	1	0.344
	No	53.3
Diabetes mellitus	Yes	52.9	0.128	1	0.720
	No	53.5
Any cancer	Yes	52.7	0.245	1	0.621
	No	53.6
Coronary heart disease/angina pectoris	Yes	55.8	0.573	1	0.449
	No	53.4
Myocardial infarction	Yes	59.6	2.702	1	0.100
	No	53.3
Stroke	Yes	51.2	0.351	1	0.554
	No	53.5
Cardiac insufficiency	Yes	53.5	0.000	1	0.997
	No	53.5
Epilepsy	Yes	47.9	1.502	1	0.220
	No	53.6
Peripheral artery occlusive disease/ intermittent claudication	Yes	50.6	0.258	1	0.612
	No	53.5
Parkinson’s disease	Yes	54.2	0.005	1	0.946
	No	53.5
Multiple sclerosis	Yes	51.9	0.029	1	0.866
	No	53.5

¹For calculation of the prevalence rates, weights were used which corrected for sample deviations in distribution from the adult population structure of the city of Leipzig in 2012 with regard to age and sex

df degree of freedom, SCS subjective cognitive symptoms