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Table 2 Prevalence† of disease diagnoses and comorbidity

From: Diagnosis of chronic conditions with modifiable lifestyle risk factors in selected urban and rural areas of Bangladesh and sociodemographic variability therein

 

Chronic Condition

Co-morbidity prevalence among patients with specific chronic disease diagnoses

Prevalence

Urban

Rural

Urban v. Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban v. Rural

Variable n (%)*

      

Chronic Disease

2,907 (32.0%)

5,233 (21.8%)

< 0.0001

1,097 (37.7%)

1,047 (20.0%)

< 0.0001

Hypertension

1,463 (16.1%)

2,975 (12.4%)

< 0.0001

767 (52.5%)

848 (28.5%)

< 0.0001

Diabetes

720 (7.9%)

770 (3.2%)

< 0.0001

512 (71.1%)

351 (45.6%)

< 0.0001

Abnormal blood lipids

451 (5.0%)

33 (0.1%)

< 0.0001

400 (88.8%)

26 (78.1%)

0.0664

Overweight

650 (7.2%)

51 (0.2%)

< 0.0001

466 (71.7%)

34 (67.4%)

0.5108

Chronic bronchitis

136 (1.5%)

142 (0.6%)

< 0.0001

60 (44.2%)

36 (25.1%)

0.0008

Heart attack

115 (1.3%)

75 (0.3%)

< 0.0001

85 (75.1%)

57 (75.5%)

0.8211

Coronary heart disease

549 (6.0%)

1,127 (4.7%)

< 0.0001

268 (48.9%)

440 (39.0%)

0.0001

Stroke

167 (1.8%)

444 (1.9%)

0.9479

142 (85.2%)

292 (65.9%)

< 0.0001

Asthma

453 (5.0%)

845 (3.5%)

< 0.0001

193 (42.7%)

210 (24.8%)

< 0.0001

Oral cancer

5 (0.1%)

15 (0.1%)

0.7031

5 (100%)

5 (33.7%)

0.0138

Lung cancer

4 (0.0%)

11 (0.1%)

0.8581

2 (43.1%)

2 (17.4%)

0.3109

  1. MBBS- Medical Bachelors Bachelor of Surgery; Other QAP- Other Qualified Allopathic Provider; IAP Informal Allopathic Provider; NAP- Non-Allopathic Provider
  2. * P value < 0.05 considered statistically significant, all values were statistically significant
  3. †Prevalence denominator was based on respondent
  4. ‡ Provider diagnosis proportion denominator was self reported disease