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Table 2 Primary diagnoses listed in specific medical guidelines, present for planned and unplanned visits for 472 older adults with Down syndrome (225 women and 247 men) with at least one visit in health care

From: Health care utilisation among older people with Down syndrome compared to specific medical guidelines for health surveillance: a Swedish national register study

 

Planned

Unplanned

n (%)

Median

Q1-Q3

Min-max

n (%)

Median

Q1-Q3

Min-max

Arthrosis (M15-M19)

 Total

42 (8.9)

2

1–2

1–5

12 (2.5)

1

1–1

1–2

 Women

30 (13.3)

2

1–2

1–5

9 (4.0)

1

1–1

1–2

 Men

12 (4.9)

1

1–4

1–5

3 (1.2)

1

1–1

1–1

Cataract (H25-H26)

 Total

155 (32.)

1

1–2

1–3

8 (1.7)

1

1–1

1–1

 Women

90 (40.0)

1

1–2

1–3

5 (2.2)

1

1–1

1–1

 Men

65 (26.3)

1

1–2

1–3

3 (1.2)

1

1–1

1–1

Constipation (K59)

 Total

11 (2.3)

1

1–1

1–3

22 (4.7)

1

1–2

1–7

 Women

6 (2.7)

1

1–1

1–1

11 (4.9)

1

1–2

1–7

 Men

5 (2.0)

1

1–2

1–3

11 (4.5)

1

1–1

1–3

Dementia (F00, F03.9, G30)

 Total

31 (6.6)

1

1–2

1–4

    

 Women

20 (8.9)

1

1–2

1–3

    

 Men

11 (4.5)

1

1–2

1–4

    

Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14)

 Total

15 (3.2)

1

1–3

1–11

    

 Women

8 (3.6)

1

1–2

1–11

    

 Men

7 (2.8)

2

1–3

1–3

    

Epilepsy or seizure (G40-G41, R56.8)

 Total

42 (8.9)

1

1–2

1–6

93 (19.7)

1

1–2

1–30

 Women

32 (14.2)

1

1–2

1–6

62 (27.6)

1

1–2

1–30

 Men

10 (4.1)

1

1–2

1–3

31 (12.6)

1

1–1

1–4

Hearing loss (H90-H91)

 Total

10 (2.1)

1

1–1

1–2

    

 Women

3 (1.3)

1

1–1

1–1

    

 Men

7 (2.8)

1

1–1

1–2

    

Impacted cerumen (H61.2)

 Total

19 (4.0)

1

1–1

1–5

    

 Women

9 (4.0)

1

1–1

1–2

    

 Men

10 (4.0)

1

1–1

1–5

    

Keratoconus (H18.6)

 Total

11 (2.3)

1

1–2

1–2

    

 Women

4 (1.8)

1

1–2

1–2

    

 Men

7 (2.8)

1

1–2

1–2

    

Pneumonia (J12-J15, J18, J69.0)

 Total

    

128 (27.1)

1

1–1

1–5

 Women

    

46 (20.4)

1

1–1

1–5

 Men

    

82 (33.2)

1

1–2

1–4

  1. Note: Only diagnoses recorded for at least 10 people (planned and unplanned separately) are included. Excluded from the table due to too few observations: atlanto-axial instability (S13.4), coeliac disease (K90), depression (F32-F33), gastro-oesophageal reflux (K21), heart and lung symptoms (I20-I52), obesity (E65-E66), osteoporosis (M80-M81), sleep apnoea (G47.3), testicular cancer (C62), thyroid disorders (E039), and skin disease (L00-L99)
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