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Table 2 Population characteristics

From: A novel data-driven workflow combining literature and electronic health records to estimate comorbidities burden for a specific disease: a case study on autoimmune comorbidities in patients with celiac disease

Age in years, mean (SD)

42.5 (16.9)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

545 (73.6)

 Male

196 (26.4)

Follow-up time in years per patient, n (%)

 0 (1 encounter)

18 (2.4)

 0–1

248 (33.5)

 1–2

91 (12.3)

 2–5

134 (18.1)

 5–20

250 (33.7)

In- or Outpatient, n (%)

 Outpatients

48 (6.5)

 Inpatients

693 (93.5)

Number of encounters, median (IQR), max

3 (2, 4), 47

Documents per patient, median (IQR), max

5 (3, 10), 146

Sperrin’s I irregularity indicator, mean (SD), n = 638

0.759 (0.10)

Number of distinct ICD-10 codes per patient, n (%) a

 0

372 (50.2)

 1

129 (17.4)

 2–5

146 (19.7)

 6–69

94 (12.7)

  1. IQR interquartile range
  2. aExcept code K900 for Celiac disease