Country income | ||||||||||
HICs | LMICs | Total | P value | |||||||
N | n | % | N | n | % | N | n | % | ||
Chronic neurological disorder* | 2588 | 191 | 7.4 | 902 | 14 | 1.6 | 3490 | 205 | 5.9 | 0.001 |
Seizure* | 2490 | 111 | 4.5 | 899 | 16 | 1.8 | 3389 | 127 | 3.7 | 0.001 |
Smoking | 2091 | 82 | 3.9 | 1509 | 46 | 3.0 | 3600 | 128 | 3.6 | 0.215 |
Diabetes* | 2592 | 95 | 3.7 | 4468 | 149 | 3.3 | 7060 | 244 | 3.5 | 0.001 |
Chronic cardiac disease* | 2587 | 141 | 5.5 | 3578 | 48 | 1.3 | 6165 | 189 | 3.1 | 0.001 |
Obesity* | 2438 | 90 | 3.7 | 1736 | 39 | 2.2 | 4174 | 129 | 3.1 | 0.001 |
Tuberculosis* | 290 | – | – | 3649 | 102 | 2.8 | 3939 | 102 | 2.6 | 0.001 |
Chronic haematological disease* | 2475 | 77 | 3.1 | 899 | 9 | 1.0 | 3374 | 86 | 2.5 | 0.001 |
HIV/AIDS* | 2562 | 1 | <0.01 | 4382 | 142 | 3.2 | 6944 | 143 | 2.1 | 0.001 |
Rare diseases and inborn errors of metabolism | 1823 | 36 | 2.0 | 0 | – | – | 1823 | 36 | 2.0% | 0.715 |
Malnutrition | 2539 | 35 | 1.4 | 901 | 26 | 2.9% | 3440 | 61 | 1.8% | 0.412 |
Malignant neoplasm* | 2571 | 64 | 2.5 | 4164 | 27 | 0.6% | 6735 | 91 | 1.4% | 0.001 |
Rheumatological disorder* | 2491 | 45 | 1.8 | 898 | 2 | 0.2% | 3389 | 47 | 1.4% | 0.001 |
Chronic kidney disease* | 2596 | 59 | 2.3 | 4147 | 28 | 0.7 | 6743 | 87 | 1.3 | 0.001 |
Liver disease | 2623 | 12 | 0.5 | 902 | – | – | 3525 | 12 | 0.3 | 0.866 |
*Significant with p-value <0.05 using Chi-square test.
HICs, high-income countries; LMICs, low-income to middle-income countries; N, denominators; n, total patients with comorbidities.