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Table 2 Comorbidities of the study sample (n = 1021) separated by gender

From: Osteoarthritis: quality of life, comorbidities, medication and health service utilization assessed in a large sample of primary care patients

gender

High blood pressure**

Elevated cholesterol

Diabetes

Heart Insufficiency

Coronary vessel disease

Ulcer/Gastritis

Asthma/COPD

Renal Insufficiency

Cancer

Stroke

male

181

124

57

63

62

77

34

23

21

16

%

52.1

35.7

16.4

18.1

17.8

22.1

9.8

6.6

6.1

4.6

female

384

245

120

131

70

146

64

33

16

30

%

56.9

36.3

17.8

19.4

10.3

21.6

9.5

4.9

2.4

4.4

Total %

55.2

36.1

17.3

19.0

12.9

21.8

9.6

5.5

3.6

4.5

  1. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01 in Chi-square test