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Table 2 Associated Co-morbidities of Patients with and without Severe Vision Impairment/Blindness (SVI/B)

From: Severe vision impairment and blindness in hospitalized patients: a retrospective nationwide study

Co-morbidities

Patients

without

SVI/B

N (%)

Patients

with

SVI/B

N (%)

p-value

Total

30,363,917 (99.8)

37,200 (0.2)

 

Charlson comorbidity score

  

< 0.01

0

11,902,655 (39.2)

5,691 (15.3)

 

1

5,860,235 (19.3)

5,914 (15.9)

 

2

4,099,128 (13.5)

5,580 (15.0)

 

3 or more

8,441,168 (27.8)

19,790 (53.2)

 

Opioid use

637,642 (2.1)

446 (1.2)

< 0.01

Tobacco use

5,222,593 (17.2)

3,720 (10.2)

< 0.01

Alcohol use

1,366,376 (4.5)

706 (1.9)

< 0.01

Depression

242,911 (0.8)

334 (0.9)

0.68

Chronic lung disease

4,736,771 (15.6)

5,914 (15.9)

< 0.01

Hypertension

15,880,328 (52.3)

26,226 (70.5)

< 0.01

Diabetes with complications*

4,433,131 (14.6)

14,619 (39.3)

< 0.01

Peripheral vascular disease

1,457,468 (4.8)

3,980 (10.7)

< 0.01

  1. SVI/B: Severe Vision Impairment/Blindness
  2. *Diabetes with complications. Complications include but not limited to retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, foot ulcers (as described: https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Index/D/Diabetes%2c_diabetic#31090)