Comorbidity in Adult Bone Sarcoma Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study
Table 1
Prevalence and scores of medical conditions as listed in the Charlson Comorbidity Index among adult bone sarcoma patients treated at the Aarhus Sarcoma Centre between 1979 and 2008 .
Conditions
%
Score
Myocardial infarct
9
2.0
1
Congestive heart failure
5
1.1
1
Peripheral vascular disease
12
2.7
1
Cerebrovascular disease
9
2.0
1
Dementia
0
0.0
1
Chronic pulmonary disease
15
3.3
1
Connective tissue disease
6
1.3
1
Ulcer disease
10
2.2
1
Mild liver disease
1
0.2
1
Diabetes
11
2.4
1
Hemiplegia
0
0.0
2
Moderate/severe renal disease
2
0.4
2
Diabetes with end organ damage
1
0.2
2
Any tumor
25
5.5
2
Leukemia
3
0.7
2
Lymphoma
3
0.7
2
Moderate/severe liver disease
0
0.0
3
Metastatic solid tumor
8
1.8
6
AIDS
0
0.0
6
Excluding tumors in soft tissue and bone (ICD-8; 170, 171, 192.49–99 and ICD-10; C40-C41, C47, C49).
