Table 2.

Participants’ chronic illnesses.

Illness	Patients, n (%)	Family members and friends, n (%)
Liver disease	77 (9.8)	19 (4.5)
Hypertension	71 (9.1)	19 (4.5)
Diabetes	31 (4.0)	9 (2.1)
Arthritis	29 (3.7)	2 (0.5)
Cancer	23 (2.9)	1 (0.2)
Digestive system disease	15 (1.9)	8 (1.9)
Cardiovascular disease	15 (1.9)	7 (1.6)
Hyperlipidemia	8 (1.0)	5 (1.2)
Gout	8 (1.0)	4 (0.9)
Urinary tract disease	7 (0.9)	2 (0.5)
Kidney disease	6 (0.8)	2 (0.5)
Cataract	2 (0.3)	0 (0.0)
Epilepsy	1 (0.1)	1 (0.2)
Stroke	1 (0.1)	0 (0.0)