Table 5.

Co-morbid conditions in 808 patients hospitalized during Hajj of the Islamic year 1423 (2003). ^*

Co-morbidity	n (%)
Diabetes mellitus	157 (19.4)
Hypertension	113 (14.0)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)	58 (7.2)
Ischemic heart disease	33 (4.1)
Congestive heart failure	25 (3.1)
Immunosuppression	11 (1.4)
Chronic liver disease	10 (1.2)
Valvular heart disease	5 (0.6)
End stage renal disease	3 (0.4)
Old cerebrovascular accidents	3 (0.4)
Other**	6 (0.7)

^*A total of 317 (39.2%) patients had co-morbid conditions. Some patients had more than one co-morbidity, hence the total number of co-morbidities adds up to more than 317 patients.

^**Other co-morbidities include peptic ulcer disease (2 cases), paraplegia (1 case), pancytopenia (1 case), anemia (1 case), and systemic lupus erythematosis (1 case).