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Table 3 Frequency of five common chronic diseases among persons experiencing homelessness housing exclusion and persons with secure housing, N (%)

From: Chronic diseases and multi-morbidity in persons experiencing homelessness: results from a cross-sectional study conducted at three humanitarian clinics in Germany in 2020

Chronic disease

Homeless (n = 220)

N (%)

Housing Exclusion (n = 190)

N (%)

Secure Housing (n = 49)

N (%)

P-value*

Hypertension

22 (10.00%)

27 (14.21%)

4 (8.16%)

0.34

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2

8 (3.64%)

16 (8.42%)

3 (6.12%)

0.10

Chronic Ischemic Heart Disease

4 (1.82%)

6 (3.16%)

2 (4.08%)

0.48

COPD/Asthma

13 (5.91%)

5 (2.63%)

3 (6.12%)

0.20

Psychiatric illness

46 (20.91%)

24 (12.63%)

12 (24.49%)

0.04

  1. *p-values determined by Fischer’s exact test