Table 1.

Association between gender and distinct diseases or aggregated group of diseases, as absolute numbers and as percentage.

Characteristics n,%	Men n = 282	Women n = 150	p-value
Distinct diseases
Hypertension	113 40.07%	49 32.67%	0.16
Obesity	32 11.35%	21 14.00%	0.52
Diabetes
Total	105 37.23%	48 32%	0.33
Diabetes mellitus, unspecified	40 14.18%	26 17%	0.47
Diabetes mellitus type 2	56 19.86%	19 13%	0.081
Diabetes mellitus type 1	9 3.19%	3 2%	0.68
Diseases of the circulatory system, unspecified	41 14.54%	27 18.00%	0.42
Supraventricular tachyarrhythmia	16 5.67%	9 6.00%	1
Heart failure, unspecified	14 4.96%	16 10.67%	0.043
Cerebral ischaemic stroke	16 5.67%	12 8%	0.47
Chronic kidney disease	31 10.99%	13 8.67%	0.55
Kidney failure, unspecified	17 6.03%	9 6.00%	1
Dependence on renal dialysis	29 10.28%	14 9.33%	0.88
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	18 6.38%	7 4.67%	0.61
Acute ischaemic heart disease, unspecified	15 5.32%	4 2.67%	0.3
Respiratory failure	15 6.32%	4 2.67%	0.3
Aggregated group of diseases
No comorbidities	11 3.90%	2 1.33%	0.23
Diseases of the circulatory system	168 59.57%	88 58.67%	0.94
Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases	122 43.26%	63 42.00%	0.88
Diseases of the genitourinary system	54 19.15%	25 16.67%	0.61
Diseases of the respiratory system	47 16.67%	20 13.33%	0.44
Diseases of the nervous system	35 12.41%	26 17.33%	0.21
Diseases of the digestive system	30 10.64%	14 9.33%	0.79
Neoplasms	26 9.22%	14 9.33%	1
Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders	25 8.87%	11 7.33%	0.71
Factors influencing health status or contact with health services	37 13.12%	17 11.33%	0.7
Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified	13 4.61%	11 7.33%	0.34
Certain infectious or parasitic diseases	15 5.32%	5 3.33%	0.49

In bold the differences that reached the statistical significance.