Table 2.
Distributing of Comorbidities Among Community-Dwelling Older Adult U.S. Veterans
| No Dementia (N = 716,841) N (%) |
Dementia (N = 13,385) N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Controls (N = 683,072) | Meds (N = 33,769) | All (N = 716,841) | p Value* | Controls (N = 6,847) | Meds (N = 6,538) | All (N = 13,385) | p Value* | |
| Cerebrovascular Disease | 98,075 (14.4%) | 2594 (7.7%) | 100,669 (14%) | <.001 | 2,776 (40.5%) | 2140 (32.7%) | 4,916 (36.7%) | <.001 |
| Heart Failure | 45,770 (6.7%) | 1138 (3.4%) | 46,908 (6.5%) | <.001 | 850 (12.4%) | 552 (8.4%) | 1,402 (10.5%) | <.001 |
| Chronic Kidney Disease | 88,075 (12.9%) | 2256 (6.7%) | 90,331 (12.6%) | <.001 | 1,391 (20.3%) | 1087 (16.6%) | 2,478 (18.5%) | <.001 |
| Connective Tissue Disease | 378 (0.1%) | 16 (0%) | 394 (0.1%) | .634 | 5 (0.1%) | 3 (0%) | 8 (0.1%) | .671 |
| Diabetes | 418,985 (61.3%) | 7,892 (23.4%) | 426,877 (59.5%) | <.001 | 3,105 (45.3%) | 2,600 (39.8%) | 5,705 (42.6%) | <.001 |
| Cancer | 91,199 (13.4%) | 1,962 (5.8%) | 93,161 (13%) | <.001 | 700 (10.2%) | 646 (9.9%) | 1,346 (10.1%) | .483 |
| Peptic Ulcer Disease | 30,995 (4.5%) | 830 (2.5%) | 31,825 (4.4%) | <.001 | 362 (5.3%) | 300 (4.6%) | 662 (4.9%) | .178 |
| Liver Disease | 24,380 (3.6%) | 728 (3.2%) | 25,108 (3.5%) | <.001 | 408 (6.0%) | 307 (4.7%) | 715 (5.3%) | .011 |
*Fisher’s test, Significant difference (p < .05).