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Table 4 Subspecialty Comorbid Diagnoses

From: Comparison of the epidemiology and co-morbidities of heart failure in the pediatric and adult populations: a retrospective, cross-sectional study

 

Percent of patients with diagnosis

  

Diagnosis

Age < 1 yr

Age ≥ 1 yr and ≤ 18 yr

Age >18 yr

Infants vs. Children p-value*

Pediatric vs. Adult p-value+

Congenital, Cardiac

82.27%

34.26%

0.28%

<0.01

<0.01

Congenital, Non-cardiac

30.64%

14.46%

0.36%

<0.01

<0.01

Neurological

8.25%

21.2%

34.13%

<0.01

<0.01

Hematological/Oncologic

14.29%

25.84%

31.38%

<0.01

<0.01

Infectious Diseases

33.56%

36.11%

47.64%

0.05

<0.01

Pulmonary

30.2%

35.09%

22.87%

<0.01

<0.01

Rheumatology

0.38%

2.44%

7.13%

<0.01

<0.01

Ophthalmology

2.15%

3.23%

5.53%

<0.01

<0.01

Orthopedics

1.75%

6.53%

17.13%

<0.01

<0.01

Otolaryngology

3.83%

4.73%

2.02%

0.14

<0.01

Obstetrics and Gynecology

0.10%

2.59%

1.16%

<0.01

<0.01

Renal

8.45%

18.93%

30.88%

<0.01

<0.01

Endocrine

19.08%

20.05%

26.73%

<0.01

<0.01

Gastroenterological

3.83%

4.72%

2.02%

0.37

<0.01

  1. * Infants vs. children comparison is between infants (age <1 yr) and children (ages ≥ 1 year and ≤ 18 years)
  2. + Pediatric vs. adult comparison is between all infants and children (age > 0 and ≤ 18 years) and all adults (age > 18 years)