Clinical and Epidemiological Factors Associated with Mortality in Parkinson’s Disease in a Brazilian Cohort

Table 2

Comorbidities and risk factors among PD patients.

Comorbidities, (%)	All patients	Patients alive at last follow-up	Patients who died
CVD Risk factors
Smoking	38 (19%)	31 (19%)	7 (16%)
Dyslipidemia	20 (10%)	17 (10%)	3 (7%)
Hypertension	101 (49%)	85 (52%)	16 (37%)
Diabetes	29 (14%)	23 (14%)	6 (14%)
Any risk factor	124 (60%)	103 (64%)	21 (49%)
Major comorbidities
Heart disease	29 (14%)	22 (14%)	7 (16%)
Stroke	9 (4%)	8 (5%)	1 (2%)
Lung disease	13 (6%)	10 (6%)	3 (7%)
Kidney failure	6 (3%)	4 (2%)	2 (5%)
Cancer	21 (10%)	16 (10%)	5 (12%)
Any major comorbidity	67 (33%)	52 (33%)	15 (35%)
Psychiatric
Depression	64 (31%)	51 (31%)	13 (30%)

Note. . CVD: cardiovascular disease, smoking: past and current smoking.