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Table 2 Comorbidities a, overall and by sex

From: Symptoms in the general Norwegian adult population - prevalence and associated factors

Comorbidity

All

N (%)

Women N (%)

N = 1101

Men N (%)

N = 920

Heart disease

135 (6.7)

34 (3.1)

101 (11.0)

Hypertension

482 (23.8)

262 (23.8)

220 (23.9)

Chronic lung disease

205 (10.1)

116 (10.5)

89 (9.7)

Diabetes

113 (5.6)

44 (4.0)

69 (7.5)

Kidney disease

40 (2.0)

17 (1.5)

23 (2.5)

Liver disease

23 (1.1)

9 (0.8)

14 (1.5)

Stomach/Bowel disease

123 (6.1)

62 (5.6)

61 (6.6)

Rheumatic disease

145 (7.2)

100 (9.1)

45 (4.9)

Arthrosis

375 (18.6)

260 (23.6)

115 (12.5)

Epilepsy

22 (1.1)

16 (1.5)

6 (0.7)

Stroke

60 (3.0)

27 (2.5)

33 (3.6)

Depression

259 (12.8)

169 (15.3)

90 (9.8)

Other psychiatric conditions

155 (7.7)

99 (9.0)

56(6.1)

  1. aThe Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire [36]