Fig 3. Age association of chronic conditions with acute concurrent diseases
To test the sensitivity of this model, we took a sample of patients that had acute inflammatory disease at presentation and calculated the same measures for concurrent chronic inflammatory disease. We found 69 cases that had complete data and included them. Of the 69 cases, 23 (33.33%) had concurrent chronic disease, which was very different from the proportion of acute inflammatory disease in the chronic group. These cases were also analysed for the different age groups and conditions, as was done with the chronic group. Table 2 and Fig 4 show the age association with concurrent chronic and efficient acute inflammatory conditions.
Table 2. Age association with concurrent acute and concurrent chronic diseases