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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and comorbidities in patients with and without burn injury

From: Increased risk of chronic fatigue syndrome following burn injuries

Variable

Burn

p-value

No

Yes

N = 68,812

N = 17,204

Sex

n(%)

n(%)

0.99

Female

35,896(52.2)

8974(52.2)

 

Male

32,916(47.8)

8230(47.8)

 

Age, mean(SD)

45.4(17.3)

45.6(17.2)

0.14*

Age group

  

0.99

 ≤ 49

21,576(31.4)

5394(31.4)

 

50-64

20,908(30.4)

5227(30.4)

 

65+

26,328(38.3)

6583(38.3)

 

Comorbidity

   

Diabetes

4299(6.25)

1701(9.89)

<0.001

Obesity

776(1.13)

266(1.55)

<0.001

Renal disease

3394(4.93)

1201(6.98)

<0.001

Rheumatoid arthritis

112(0.16)

38(0.22)

0.10

HIV

32(0.05)

2(0.01)

0.02

Malignancy

1374(2.00)

319(1.85)

0.23

Depression

2556(3.71)

1135(6.60)

<0.001

Anxiety

8552(12.4)

3137(18.2)

<0.001

Sleep disorder

10,049(14.6)

3731(21.7)

<0.001

Irritable bowel syndrome

2611(3.79)

874(5.08)

<0.001

  1. P-values from Chi square test, except where noted differently
  2. *Two sample t-test