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What counts as a co-morbidity? Obesity seems fairly ... well, trivial. I have high (total) cholesterol. Does that count? Constipation? Itchy spot on the back of
by circlefavshape 7y ago
What counts as a co-morbidity? Obesity seems fairly ... well, trivial. I have high (total) cholesterol. Does that count? Constipation? Itchy spot on the back of my knee?
- Arnt 7y agoThere's a table in the PDF, you can read it.
- andruby 7y agoThe co-morbidities reported here are mentioned in the report (in Italian). Translated by Google: diseases N % Ischemic heart disease 117 33.0 Atrial fibrillation 87 24.5 Stroke 34 9.6 Hypertension 270 76.1 Diabetes mellitus 126 35.5 Dementia 24 6.8 COPD 47 13.2 Active cancer in the past 5 years 72 20.3 Chronic liver disease 11 3.1 Chronic renal failure 64 18.0 Hypertension and Diabetes seems very prevalent in older people. Especially in western countries like the US.
- jeltz 7y agoMaybe it is just correlation between old age and hypertension, but I find it interesting how ACE2 which the coronavirus uses as its entry point into cells is also part of regulating blood pressure.