Table 2 Comorbidities of study population and those according to hospital types
|  | All patients (n = 42,060) | Tertiary-referral hospital (n = 11,179) | General hospital (n = 12,507) | Hospital (n = 17,956) | Clinic (n = 418) | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diabetes | 16,609 (39.49%) | 4,200 (37.58%) | 4,702 (37.59%) | 7,527 (41.92%) | 180 (43.06%) |  < 0.001 |
Osteoporosis | 278 (0.66%) | 76 (0.68%) | 80 (0.64%) | 118 (0.66%) | 4 (0.96%) | 0.8711 |
Myocardial infarction | 2,326 (5.53%) | 629 (5.63%) | 688 (5.50%) | 994 (5.54%) | 15 (3.59%) | 0.3565 |
Congestive heart failure | 307 (0.73%) | 82 (0.73%) | 89 (0.71%) | 132 (0.74%) | 4 (0.96%) | 0.9476 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 349 (0.83%) | 93 (0.83%) | 100 (0.80%) | 152 (0.85%) | 4 (0.96%) | 0.9632 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 1,077 (2.56%) | 277 (2.48%) | 322 (2.57%) | 470 (2.62%) | 8 (1.91%) | 0.7410 |
Dementia | 135 (0.32%) | 36 (0.32%) | 42 (0.34%) | 56 (0.34%) | 1 (0.28%) | 0.9743 |
Chronic pulmonary disease | 3,987 (9.48%) | 1,063 (9.51%) | 1,188 (9.50%) | 1,700 (9.47%) | 36 (8.61%) | 0.9432 |
Rheumatic disease | 437 (1.04%) | 120 (1.07%) | 128 (1.02%) | 186 (1.04%) | 3 (0.72%) | 0.9010 |
Peptic ulcer disease | 1,195 (2.84%) | 306 (2.74%) | 361 (2.89%) | 513 (2.86%) | 15 (3.59%) | 0.7075 |
Hemiplegia or paraplegia | 227 (0.54%) | 63 (0.56%) | 65 (0.52%) | 98 (0.55%) | 1 (0.24%) | 0.8189 |
Renal disease | 454 (1.08%) | 126 (1.13%) | 130 (1.04%) | 195 (1.09%) | 4 (0.96%) | 0.9215 |
Any malignancy | 109 (0.26%) | 26 (0.23%) | 36 (0.29%) | 46 (0.26%) | 1 (0.24%) | 0.8694 |
Liver disease | 5,897 (14.02%) | 1,586 (14.19%) | 1,742 (13.93%) | 2,520 (14.03%) | 49 (11.72%) | 0.5358 |
AIDS/HIV | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | 0 (0.00%) | NA |