More Data on Comorbidities

Took a break from all the updates but wanted to underscore the comorbidities. A recent report in JAMA shows the following chart of general characteristics of patients:

Please note that the number in parenthesis is a percent of total. Not that "general" obesity leads morbid obesity as a general characteristic of patience. Are the morbidly obese dying at home and therefore not able to *be* patients?

Diabetes comes in high and is closely related to obesity.

You'll notice the never smoked as a very high percent. I believe this is why there were reports of smoking being a "benefit". I disagree. I think that the fact that non-smokers are currently the majority of the population accounts for the high representation.

On the cardiovascular point we have:

So it looks like if you had heart failure not due to high blood pressure or diabetes then your risk is not as high as simply being obese. It's still relatively high compared to healthy population. Hypertension is unsurprising given that obesity puts a lot of strain on the CV system. If you've ever seen an obese person get winded by simply walking, you know what I'm talking about. If your HBP is due to diet, you'll probably want to rethink it. If your HBP is due to [avoidable] life stresses. Perhaps it's time to evaluate staying in those environments. I don't think depending on drugs, long term, is good for anyone.

Oh and don't go drinking "disinfectants". Leave the chemotherapy (which is, at it's core, a "disinfectant" against cancer which takes out a LOT of healthy cells along the way, to the cancer patients.