Co-morbidities and outcomes
Since the LHID 2005 does not include laboratory exam result\souts
(i.e., HbA1C, c-reactive protein), we selected several clinical
indicators to represent disease comorbidities, including several major
organ diseases such as cardiovascular comorbidities, endocrine
comorbidities, rheumatic or orthopedics comorbidities, oncology
comorbidities, infection comorbidities, and miscellaneous comorbidities.
Such comorbidities as hypertension, dyslipidemia, gout, chronic kidney
disease, coronary artery disease, interstitial lung disease, malignancy,
stroke, and hepatitis B/C were recorded.