Table 2.

Most common comorbidity observed in deceased patients in Italy (15% of the sample). Reprinted from the Italian Institute of Health bulletin (March 26th, 2020) (https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/sars-cov-2-decessi-italia)

CVDs	Number	Percentage (%)
Ischemic heart disease	145	30.1
Atrial fibrillation	106	22.0
Stroke	54	11.2
Hypertension	355	73.8
Diabetes	163	33.9
Dementia	57	11.9
COPD	66	13.7
Active cancer in the past 5 years	94	19.5
Chronic liver disease	18	3.7
Chronic kidney failure	97	20.2