Table 1.

Comorbidities in patients with ovarian cancer (n=109)

Comorbidity	%
Hypertensive diseases (ie, hypertension)	28
Ischaemic heart diseases (ie, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction (>6 months), percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, coronary artery bypass grafting)	6
Other forms of heart disease (ie, atrial fibrillation and flutter, other cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, other forms of heart disease not specified)	9
Cerebrovascular diseases (ie, stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction)	4
Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries (ie, aortic aneurysm, peripheral vascular diseases)	3
Diseases of veins, lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes, not elsewhere classified (ie, phlebitis and thrombophlebitis)	1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (ie, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma)	16
Diabetes mellitus (unspecified)	8
Disorders of thyroid gland (ie, hypothyroidism/hyperthyroidism)	6
Disorders of other endocrine glands (ie, hypoparathyroidism/hyperparathyroidism)	1
Episodic and paroxysmal disorders (ie, transient ischaemic attack)	1
Other disorders of the nervous system (unspecified)	1
Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere (ie, dementia in Parkinson’s disease)	1
Diseases of liver (unspecified)	1
Disorders of gallbladder, biliary tract and pancreas (ie, cholelithiasis)	5
Renal failure (unspecified)	1
Soft tissue disorders (ie, rheumatism, unspecified)	2
Tuberculosis	1
Malignant neoplasms (excluding basal cell carcinoma)	7