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Table 2 Frequency of chronic diseases among pregeriatric patients*

From: Health related quality of life in pregeriatric patients with chronic diseases at urban, public supported clinics

Chronic conditions

Patients

 

All (n = 316)

Men (n = 149)

Women (n = 167)

P Value

Chronic diseases

    

   Hypertension

229 (72.5)

106 (71.1)

123 (73.7)

0.62

   Arthritis

165 (52.2)

75 (50.3)

90 (53.9)

0.53

   Diabetes type 2

140 (44.3)

70 (47.0)

70 (41.9)

0.36

   Heart disease

87 (27.5)

53 (35.6)

34 (20.4)

0.00

   Pulmonary disease

37 (11.7)

19 (12.8)

18 (10.8)

0.59

   Visual and hearing impairment

163 (51.2)

80 (53.7)

83 (49.7)

0.48

   Osteoporosis

17 (5.4)

1 (0.7)

16 (9.6)

0.00

No. of chronic diseases

    

   1

62 (19.6)

28 (18.8)

34 (20.4)

0.73

   2

91 (28.8)

38 (25.5)

53 (31.7)

0.22

   3

77 (24.4)

41 (27.5)

36 (21.6)

0.22

   4

86 (27.2)

42 (28.2)

44 (26.3)

0.71

  1. * Values are presented as number (percentage).