Table 4 Concomitant conditions
From: Morbimortality in adult patients with septic arthritis: a three-year hospital-based study
Concomitant conditions | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
Heart disease | 37 | 33.9 |
Current smokers | 36 | 33.0 |
Diabetes mellitus | 26 | 23.9 |
Osteoarthritis | 24 | 22.0 |
Previous cancer | 22 | 20.2 |
Peripheral arterial disease | 19 | 17.4 |
Kidney disease | 17 | 13.8 |
Gout/chondrocalcinosis | 15 | 13.8 |
Alcohol abuse | 13 | 11.9 |
Lung disease | 12 | 11.0 |
Oral corticosteroids | 10 | 9.2 |
Skin ulceration | 10 | 9.2 |
Eschars | 9 | 8.2 |
Liver disease | 7 | 6.4 |
Rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory rheumatic disease | 7 | 6.4 |
Intra-articular corticosteroids | 3 | 2.8 |
Intravenous drug abuse | 2 | 1.8 |