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Table 2 Medical condition diagnoses for all individuals enrolled in LiLACS NZ at each time-point

From: Does potentially inappropriate prescribing predict an increased risk of admission to hospital and mortality? A longitudinal study of the ‘oldest old’

 

Baseline

(n = 671)

12-months

(n = 510)

24-months

(n = 403)

Medical Condition

Māori

n = 267

Non-Māori

n = 404

Māori

n = 178

Non-Māori

n = 332

Māori

n = 122

Non-Māori

n = 281

Hypertension

232

350

166

295

114

250

Chronic heart failure

81

7

52

61

36

58

Atrial fibrillation

73

118

37

66

28

52

Rheumatoid arthritis

71

49

51

39

38

38

Osteoarthritis

68

163

44

143

33

125

Depression

66

38

17

33

10

15

Type 2 diabetes

58

51

40

40

23

34

Cerebrovascular disease

56

105

36

82

25

66

Asthma/Chronic lung disease

50

49

32

30

20

24

Peripheral vascular disease

37

54

25

42

17

30

Osteoporosis

32

68

36

73

24

62

Dementia

13

13

21

25

16

19

Thyroid disease

8

23

2

10

2

11

Renal impairment

4

4

3

3

2

3

Parkinson’s disease

2

9

1

3

0

2