Table 3 All diagnoses of each comorbidity in the two groups

Cardiovascular disease

-Hypertension

15

17

-Heart failure

0

2

-Atrial fibrillation

1

2

-Previous acute myocardial infarction

1

2

Neurological disease

-Transient ischemic attack

2

3

-Parkinson’s disease

1

0

-Previous subarachnoid hemorrhage

1

1

Thyroid disease

-Hypothyroidism

1

0

-Multinodular goiter

0

1

Lung disease

-Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

1

2

Diabetes mellitus

0

2

Gastro-intestinal disease

-Ascites

0

2

-Hepatitis B

1

0

-Colon carcinoma

0

1

Metabolic diseases

-Overweight

3

2

-Obese

7

7

-Hypercholesterolemia

9

5