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Table 2 Top 25 comorbidities (SNOMED) diagnosed during the year following the first diagnosis of MS

From: Treatment patterns and comorbid burden of patients newly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the United States

Condition

Proportion

Essential hypertension

41.3%

Hyperlipidemia

29.0%

Vitamin D deficiency

28.0%

Headache

21.9%

Low back pain

21.8%

Anxiety disorder

21.1%

Muscle weakness

17.5%

Urinary tract infectious disease

17.3%

Chest pain

17.0%

Neck pain

16.7%

Fatigue

16.4%

Dizziness and giddiness

15.8%

Dyspnea

15.2%

Gastroesophageal reflux disease without esophagitis

15.2%

Asthenia

14.9%

Cough

14.7%

Major depression, single episode

14.6%

Paresthesia

13.9%

Hypothyroidism

13.4%

Abdominal pain

13.1%

Type 2 diabetes mellitus without complication

12.2%

Chronic pain

11.7%

Obesity

11.7%

Anemia

11.6%

Cervical spondylosis without myelopathy

11.2%