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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis. 2014;1(2):239–249. doi: 10.15326/jcopdf.1.2.2014.0133

Table 2.

Comorbidities Stratified by History of VTE in GOLD Stage ll-IV Participants

VTE− (n=3479) VTE+ (n=210) P
n % n %
Bladder Cancer 30 0.9 5 2.4 0.028
Breast Cancer 75 2.2 7 3.3 0.261
Colon Cancer 30 0.9 2 1.0 0.891
Prostate Cancer 103 3.0 10 4.8 0.142
Angina 177 5.1 23 11.0 <0.0001
Congestive Heart Failure 170 4.9 28 13.3 <0.0001
Diabetes 445 12.8 37 17.6 <0.0001
High Blood Pressure 1747 50.2 121 57.6 0.044
Coronary Artery Disease 301 8.7 40 19.0 0.038
Hypercholesterolemia 1419 40.8 109 51.9 0.001
Myocardial Infarction 263 7.6 34 16.2 <0.0001
Peripheral Vascular Disease 94 2.7 32 15.2 <0.0001
Stroke 115 3.3 17 8.1 <0.0001
Transient Ischemic Attack 97 2.8 15 7.1 <0.0001
Macular Degeneration 95 2.7 11 5.2 0.035
Pneumothorax 164 4.7 19 9.0 0.005
Gastroesophageal Reflux 1032 29.7 84 40.0 0.002
PepticUlcer Disease 342 9.8 30 14.3 0.037
Compression Fractures 211 6.1 19 9.0 0.083
Hip Fracture 83 2.4 7 3.3 0.387
Osteoarthritis 701 20.1 148 70.5 0.001
Osteoporosis 454 13.0 42 20.0 0.004
Rheumatoid Arthritis 301 8.7 24 11.4 0.169