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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Epidemiol. 2022 Oct 11;152:164–175. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.10.011

Table 1. List of conditions and prevalence in males aged 65-84 yr.

Condition Short name Prevalence (%)
Hypertension Hyp 56.7
Erectile dysfunction ED 36.0
Osteoarthritis OA 27.8
Diabetes Diab 24.6
Ischemic heart disease IHD 24.5
Deafness Deaf 22.2
All cancer Can 21.7
Benign prostatic hypertrophy BPH 19.4
Eczema Ecz 18.4
Chronic kidney disease CKD 15.4
Depression Dep 14.8
Asthma Asth 14.4
Gout Gout 14.3
Atrial fibrillation AF 13.4
Cataract Cat 12.7
Stroke/TIA Stroke 11.6
COPD COPD 11.0
Diverticulitis Div 10.6
Rhinitis/conjunctivitis Rhin 10.1
Anxiety Anx 9.7
Peripheral vascular disease PVD 8.1
Peptic ulcer Pep 7.1
Heart failure HF 6.9
Psoriasis Psor 6.5
Sinusitis Sinus 5.6
Hypothyroid Hypothy 5.5
Glaucoma Glau 4.7
Irritable bowel syndrome IBS 4.7
Heart valve disease Valve 4.3
Migraine Mig 4.2
Alcohol/substance misuse Addict 4.0
Autoimmune disease of connective tissue Tissue 4.0
Venous thromboembolism VTE 3.4
Obstructive sleep apnoea OSA 3.0
Osteoporosis Osteo 2.7
Aortic aneurysm Aneu 2.6
Autoimmune disease of bowel Bowel 2.6
Alzheimers/dementia Dem 2.5
Other autoimmune disease Auto.oth 2.4
Epilepsy Epi 2.2
Pulmonary embolism PE 2.1
Age-related macular degeneration AMD 1.8
Blindness Blind 1.8
Chronic liver disease Liver 1.6
Serious mental illness SMI 1.3
Bronchiectasis Bronc 1.3
Parkinson’s disease Park 1.2
Other heart disease Oth.heart 1.2
Hyperthyroid Hyperthy 1.1