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Table 4 Frequency of the ten most common comorbidities

From: Multimorbidity among inflammatory bowel disease patients in a tertiary care center: a retrospective study

 

All IBD patients

IBD patients with multimorbidity

IBD patients without multimorbidity

P*

Rank

Comorbidity

N (%)

 

1

Diabetes mellitus

38 (5)

26 (32.9)

12 (1.7)

<0.001

2

Essential Hypertension

31 (4)

19 (24.1)

12 (1.7)

<0.001

3

Iron Deficiency Anemia

26 (3.4)

14 (17.7)

12 (1.7)

<0.001

4

Hypothyroidism

16 (2.1)

12 (15.2)

4 (0.6)

<0.001

5

Short stature due to endocrine disorder

11 (1.4)

7 (8.9)

4 (0.6)

<0.001

6

Vitamin D deficiency

9 (1.2)

5 (6.3)

4 (0.6)

0.001

7

Colorectal and anal malignant neoplasms

8 (1.0)

4 (5.1)

4 (0.6)

0.120

8

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

6 (0.8)

4 (5.1)

2 (0.3)

0.001

9

Diaphragmatic Hernia

4 (0.5)

3 (3.8)

1 (0.1)

0.004

10

Viral Hepatitis

2 (0.3)

2 (2.5)

0 (0)

<0.001

  1. *P-values, assigning the deferences between multimorbid IBD and non-multimorbid IBD patients using Chi-square test.