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Table 2 NCDs prevalence comparing “youngest old” and “old” individuals

From: The increasing burden and complexity of multi-morbidity and polypharmacy in geriatric HIV patients: a cross sectional study of people aged 65 – 74 years and more than 75 years

 

65–74 Years Old

≥ 75 Years Old

HIV- (n = 224, 18.84%)

HIV+ (n = 965, 81.16%)

p

HIV- (n = 91, 23.7%)

HIV+ (n = 293, 76.3%)

p

Variable

Frequency [sample size]

Frequency [sample size]

HTN

149 (66.52%) [224]

396 (60.83%) [652]

0.15

61 (67.03%) [91]

155 (71.76%) [216]

0.49

T2DM

50 (22.32%) [224]

176 (27.54%) [629]

0.15

14 (15.38%) [91]

65 (31.25%) [208]

< 0.01

CVD

41 (18.3%) [224]

106 (16.88%) [628]

0.70

28 (30.77%) [91]

58 (29.15%) [199]

0.88

CKD

5 (5%) [100]

115 (17.06%) [674]

< 0.01

4 (10%) [40]

56 (25.93%) [216]

0.04

COPD

20 (9.13%) [219]

41 (6.61%) [620]

0.28

17 (18.89%) [90]

19 (9.79%) [194]

0.05

DLM

59 (57.84%) [102]

462 (70%) [630]

0.02

20 (50%) [40]

156 (74.64%) [209]

< 0.01

MM

57 (57.58%) [99]

371 (61.32%) [605]

0.55

25 (62.5%) [40]

139 (73.94%) [188]

0.20

PP

44 (19.64%) [224]

169 (35.28%) [479]

< 0.01

32 (35.16%) [91]

73 (42.94%) [170]

0.27

  1. Abbreviations: HTN: Hypertension; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; CVD: Cardiovascular Disease; CKD: Chronic Kidney Disease; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; DLM: Dyslipidaemia; MM: Multimorbidity; PP - Polypharmacy