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Table 1 Comorbidities according to the respective International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) Codes

From: Predictors of switching from beta-blockers to other anti-hypertensive drugs: a review of records of 19,177 Chinese patients seen in public primary care clinics in the New Territory East, Hong Kong

ICPC codes

Disease entity

T90

Diabetes Mellitus

T901

Impaired glucose tolerance

T92

Gout

T93

Lipid disorders

K90

Stroke/cerebrovascular accident

K91

Cerebrovascular disease

K74

Ischemic Heart Disease with angina

K76

Ischemic Heart Disease without angina

K75

Acute Myocardial Infarction

K77

Heart Failure

K84

Heart Disease, other

K99

Cardiovascular disease, other

R79

Chronic Bronchitis

R95

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

R96

Asthma

U14

Kidney symptoms/complaints

U88

Glomerulonephritis/nephrosis

Y85

Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

U78

Benign Neoplasm Urinary Tract

Y79

Benign/unspecified neoplasm, male genital