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Table 1 The top 10 NCDs in the full sample (n = 8602) ordered by % (overall and after completion of phase 2 questionnaire)

From: Hospital admissions for non-communicable disease in the UK military and associations with alcohol use and mental health: a data linkage study

Rank

Events overall (n = 8602)

n

Weighted % (95% CI)

New events after phase 2 (n differs by condition)a

n

Weighted % (95% CI)

1

Gastrointestinal Disorders

482

5.62 (5.04, 6.19)

Gastrointestinal Disorders

303/8423

3.64 (3.17, 4.12)

2

Other Joint Disorders

467

5.60 (5.02, 6.18)

Other Joint Disorders

291/8426

3.38 (2.93, 3.83)

3

Arthritis/osteoarthritis

183

2.18 (1.82, 2.55)

Arthritis/osteoarthritis

131/8550

1.54 (1.23, 1.85)

4

Hypertension

151

2.02 (1.66, 2.37)

Hypertension

105/8556

1.38 (1.09, 1.68)

5

Prostate and other genitourinary disorder

158

1.94 (1.59, 2.29)

Prostate and other genitourinary disorder

90/8534

1.14 (0.87, 1.41)

6

Asthma/COPD

130

1.59 (1.27, 1.91)

Asthma/COPD

88/8560

1.01 (0.76, 1.26)

7

Back and neck pain

123

1.56 (1.25, 1.88)

Back and neck pain

76/8555

0.92 (0.68, 1.16)

8

Cancer and Tumours

99

1.30 (1.01, 1.59)

Cancer and Tumours

67/8570

0.89 (0.65, 1.14)

9

Migraine/headache

88

1.00 (0.75, 1.25)

Hyperlipidaemia

55/8589

0.72 (0.51, 0.94)

10

Hyperlipidaemia

68

0.90 (0.66, 1.14)

Migraine/headache

53/8567

0.68 (0.47, 0.89)

  1. aParticipants were excluded who had an APC event for that condition before phase 2 so the numbers reflect the numbers included in the later Cox regression analyses