Table 2.

Top 25 comorbidities (SNOMED) diagnosed during the year following the first diagnosis of MS

Condition	Proportion
Essential hypertension	41.3%
Hyperlipidemia	29.0%
Vitamin D deficiency	28.0%
Headache	21.9%
Low back pain	21.8%
Anxiety disorder	21.1%
Muscle weakness	17.5%
Urinary tract infectious disease	17.3%
Chest pain	17.0%
Neck pain	16.7%
Fatigue	16.4%
Dizziness and giddiness	15.8%
Dyspnea	15.2%
Gastroesophageal reflux disease without esophagitis	15.2%
Asthenia	14.9%
Cough	14.7%
Major depression, single episode	14.6%
Paresthesia	13.9%
Hypothyroidism	13.4%
Abdominal pain	13.1%
Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complication	12.2%
Chronic pain	11.7%
Obesity	11.7%
Anemia	11.6%
Cervical spondylosis without myelopathy	11.2%