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Table 1 Prevalence estimates of common chronic health conditions* among 66,212 adult patients (age ≥20 years) in Swiss primary care

From: Age- and gender-related prevalence of multimorbidity in primary care: the swiss fire project

Chronic health condition (ICPC-2)*

All (%)

Men (%)

Women (%)

p-value

Circulatory

    

 Ischemic heart disease without angina (K76)

1.09

1.73

0.52

<.001

 Atrial fibrillation/flutter (K78)

1.45

1.63

1.30

0.001

 Hypertension, uncomplicated (K86)

9.37

9.78

9.01

0.037

 Varicose veins of leg (K95)

1.16

0.78

1.50

<.001

Musculoskeletal (Locomotion)

    

 Neck syndrome (L83)

1.35

1.23

1.46

0.050

 Back syndrome without radiating pain (L84)

3.20

3.32

3.09

0.142

 Back syndrome with radiating pain (L86)

2.75

2.67

2.84

0.249

 Osteoarthritis of knee (L90)

1.49

1.27

1.69

0.001

 Shoulder syndrome (L92)

1.58

1.52

1.64

0.346

 Osteoporosis (L95)

1.01

0.27

1.68

<.001

Psychological

    

 Depressive disorder (P76)

2.40

1.75

3.00

<.001

Respiratory

    

 Asthma (R96)

1.54

1.39

1.67

0.005

Skin

    

 Dermatitis/atopic eczema (S87)

1.26

1.27

1.25

0.918

Endocrine, metabolic and nutritional

    

 Obesity (T82)

2.37

2.42

2.36

0.663

 Diabetes, non-insulin dependent (T90)

3.29

4.04

2.63

<.001

 Lipid disorder (T93)

2.75

3.25

2.3

<.001

  1. ICPC-2=International Classification in Primary Care-2nd version.* Chronic health conditions were defined based on the ICPC-2 classification system using the concept of O`Halloran et al. [3]. Chronic health conditions with a prevalence >1% are listed.
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