Table 4.
Number of noncommunicable disease emergencies by predisposing factors.
| Noncommunicable disease emergency | Potential predisposing factors, n (%) | ||||||
| Intense physical activity | Poor adherence to diet | Poor adherence medications | Exposure to noxious gases | History of exposure to recent respiratory infection | Total responses | ||
| Ischemic heart disease | 321 (52.1) | 211 (22.5) | 241 (17.06) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (2.7) | 781 (23.15) | |
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Angina | 173 (28.0) | 124 (13.2) | 138 (9.77) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (2.0) | 441 (13.07) |
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Arrhythmias | 81 (13.1) | 54 (5.7) | 48 (3.39) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 183 (5.42) |
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Myocardial infarction | 67 (10.8) | 33 (3.5) | 55 (3.85) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) | 157 (4.65) |
| Hypotension/hypertension | 151 (24.5) | 407 (43.4) | 628 (44.47) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) | 1188 (35.22) | |
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Severe Hypertension | 30 (4.8) | 342 (36.5) | 622 (44.05) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 995 (29.49) |
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Hypotension | 121 (19.6) | 65 (6.9) | 6 (0.42) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 193 (5.72) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 38 (6.1) | 278 (29.7) | 297 (21.03) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 614 (18.20) | |
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Hyperglycemia | 5 (0.8) | 261 (27.8) | 295 (20.89) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 562 (16.66) |
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Hypoglycemia | 33 (5.3) | 17 (1.8) | 2 (0.14) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 52 (1.54) |
| Asthma | 76 (12.3) | 22 (2.3) | 151 (10.69) | 111 (94.8) | 271 (92.8) | 631 (18.70) | |
| Pulmoary edema | 19 (3.0) | 5 (0.5) | 74 (5.24) | 6 (5.1) | 10 (3.4) | 114 (3.37) | |
| Cerebrovascular accidents | 11 (1.7) | 13 (1.3) | 21 (1.48) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 45 (1.33) | |
| Total responses | 616 (100.0) | 936 (100.0) | 1412 (100.00) | 117 (100.0) | 292 (100.0) | 3373 (100.00) | |