Table 2 Presence of known predisposing conditions for NF by ethnicity
Predisposing conditions | European (n=122) | Maori (n=47) | Pacific (n=60) | Others (n=17) | Total (n=247) | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | Â |
Diabetes mellitus | 28 | 23.0 | 14 | 29.8 | 27 | 45.0 | 10 | 58.8 | 79 | 32.0 | 0.002 |
Alcohol abuse | 11 | 9.0 | 3 | 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.9 | 15 | 6.1 | 0.126 |
Obesity | 23 | 18.9 | 16 | 34.0 | 14 | 23.3 | 3 | 17.6 | 56 | 22.7 | 0.193 |
Coronary heart disease | 22 | 18.0 | 8 | 17.0 | 5 | 8.3 | 5 | 29.4 | 40 | 16.2 | 0.156 |
Congestive heart failure | 15 | 12.3 | 6 | 12.8 | 10 | 16.7 | 2 | 11.8 | 33 | 13.4 | 0.865 |
Peripheral vascular disease | 14 | 11.5 | 6 | 12.8 | 4 | 6.7 | 2 | 11.8 | 26 | 10.5 | 0.720 |
Chronic obstructive | 16 | 13.1 | 4 | 8.5 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 8.9 | 0.086 |
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Cancer | 12 | 9.8 | 3 | 6.4 | 1 | 1.7 | 2 | 11.8 | 18 | 7.3 | 0.210 |
Chronic renal failure | 11 | 9.0 | 9 | 19.1 | 7 | 11.7 | 2 | 11.8 | 29 | 11.7 | 0.341 |
Steroid use | 14 | 11.5 | 2 | 4.3 | 1 | 1.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 6.9 | 0.040 |
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use* | 29 | 23.8 | 11 | 23.4 | 10 | 16.7 | 7 | 41.2 | 57 | 23.1 | 0.208 |
No condition documented | 18 | 14.8 | 10 | 21.3 | 20 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 49 | 19.8 | 0.004 |