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. 2022 Mar 2;6(3):e21.00322. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-21-00322

Table 2.

Patient Demographics: Comorbidities Extrapolated by Nail Length

Comorbidities Short (n = 48) Intermediate (n = 39) Long (n = 160) P Value
Diabetes, n (%) 10 (20.8) 18 (46.2) 43 (26.9) 0.0234
Hypertension, n (%) 33 (68.8) 34 (87.2) 107 (66.9) 0.0357
Congestive heart failure, n (%) 7 (14.6) 10 (25.6) 27 (16.9) 0.3551
COPD, n (%) 11 (22.9) 9 (23.1) 15 (9.4) 0.0136
Obesity, n (%) 3 (6.3) 2 (5.1) 3 (1.9) 0.1532
Tobacco use, n (%) 10 (20.8) 7 (17.9) 19 (11.9) 0.2462
CKD, n (%) 18 (37.5) 10 (27.0) 64 (40.3) 0.3269

CKD = chronic kidney disease, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Bold entries are statistically significant at p≤0.05.