Table 5.
Comorbidities associated with sarcoidosis in Korea, 2008-2015
| Disease Condition (ICD-10 code) | The number of comorbidity(%) | ||
| Male | Female | Total | |
| Neoplasms | |||
| Malignant neoplasm of bronchus, trachea and lung (C33~34) | 19(0.58) | 19(0.58) | 38(1.17) |
| Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectosigmoid junction and rectum (C18~C20) | 9(0.28) | 15(0.46) | 24(0.74) |
| Malignant neoplasm of connective tissue of breast (C50) | 0(0) | 9(0.28) | 9(0.28) |
| Malignant melanoma of skin (C43) | 1(0.03) | 1(0.03) | 2(0.06) |
| Disease of the respiratory system | |||
| Pneumonia(J17, J18) | 149(4.57) | 171(5.25) | 320(9.82) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (J44) | 64(1.96) | 61(1.87) | 125(3.84) |
| Interstitial pulmonary disease (J84) | 61(1.87) | 61(1.87) | 122(3.74) |
| Pulmonary hypertension(I27.0, I27.2) | 3(0.09) | 5(0.15) | 8(0.25) |
| Diseases of the circulatory system | |||
| Heart failure (I50) | 27(0.83) | 46(1.41) | 73(2.24) |
| Ischemic heart disease (I25) | 20(0.61) | 28(0.86) | 48(1.47) |
| cardiomyopathy (I42) | 18(0.55) | 21(0.64) | 39(1.20) |
| Acute myocardial infarction (I21) | 11(0.34) | 3(0.09) | 14(0.43) |
| Stroke (I64) | 7(0.21) | 7(0.21) | 14(0.43) |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage (I61) | 4(0.12) | 6(0.18) | 10(0.31) |
| myocarditis (I40, I41.8) | 2(0.06) | 1(0.03) | 3(0.09) |
| Diseases of the renal system | |||
| Chronic kidney disease (N18) | 25(0.77) | 20(0.61) | 45(1.38) |
| Acute renal failure (N17) | 21(0.64) | 7(0.21) | 28(0.86) |
| Diseases of the Liver | |||
| Hepatic failure(K72) | 3(0.09) | 6(0.18) | 9(0.28) |
| Diseases of the nervous system | |||
| Multiple cranial nerve palsies in sarcoidosis (G53.2) | 3(0.09) | 3(0.09) | 6(0.18) |
| Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis (G04) | 3(0.09) | 2(0.06) | 5(0.15) |
| Spinal muscular atrophy and related syndromes (G12) | 1(0.03) | 0(0) | 1(0.03) |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal system | |||
| Myositis in sarcoidosis (M63.3) | 1(0.03) | 3(0.09) | 4(0.12) |
| Diseases of the eye and adnexa | |||
| Iridocyclitis (H20, H22.1) | 45(1.38) | 93(2.85) | 138(4.23) |
| Diseases of the skin | |||
| erythema nodosum(L52) | 0(0) | 5(0.15) | 5(0.15) |