Table 1 Comorbid diagnoses used in GP records among adult patients diagnosed with COPD, both COPD and asthma, and asthma during 2009–2011 by their GP by diagnosis, education level and age group
COPD (no asthma) | COPD and asthma | Asthma (no COPD) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Educational level | P-value | Educational level | P-value | Educational level | P-value | |||||||
Basic | Interm. | High | Basic | Interm. | High | Basic | Interm. | High | ||||
Patients aged 40–59 years | ||||||||||||
N | 3,697 | 4,567 | 875 | 1,925 | 2,196 | 483 | 11,464 | 24,065 | 12,881 | |||
Proportion with comorbid conditions (%) | ||||||||||||
Cardiovascular disease | 11.0 | 9.3 | 6.5 | <0.001 | 10.4 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 0.001 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 2.6 | <0.001 |
Hypertension | 19.7 | 21.2 | 18.5 | 0.099 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 17.6 | 0.47 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 14.3 | <0.001 |
Diabetes | 9.7 | 8.0 | 6.4 | 0.002 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 7.9 | 0.007 | 8.9 | 6.2 | 3.7 | <0.001 |
Depression | 22.5 | 19.1 | 18.4 | <0.001 | 28.0 | 22.1 | 20.1 | <0.001 | 20.3 | 15.0 | 13.3 | <0.001 |
Anxiety | 14.4 | 8.5 | 6.6 | <0.001 | 18.7 | 10.5 | 6.8 | <0.001 | 12.1 | 5.5 | 3.7 | <0.001 |
Patients aged ⩾60 years | ||||||||||||
N | 18,391 | 19,341 | 2,531 | 5,566 | 5,763 | 812 | 13,816 | 20,830 | 5,624 | |||
Proportion with comorbid conditions (%) | ||||||||||||
Cardiovascular disease | 23.0 | 21.0 | 10.0 | <0.001 | 22.6 | 19.4 | 17.6 | <0.001 | 17.9 | 14.4 | 11.1 | <0.001 |
Hypertension | 35.6 | 34.6 | 31.9 | 0.001 | 37.6 | 38.1 | 35.5 | 0.35 | 45.1 | 40.9 | 35.0 | <0.001 |
Diabetes | 13.3 | 11.4 | 10.4 | <0.001 | 13.9 | 12.2 | 10.8 | 0.005 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 8.0 | <0.001 |
Depression | 11.0 | 10.2 | 11.3 | 0.02 | 13.2 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 0.20 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 0.001 |
Anxiety | 6.4 | 4.4 | 2.9 | <0.001 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 4.3 | <0.001 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 2.9 | <0.001 |
