[etrk]

See Table 1 in the original study: https://www.epicentro.iss.it/coronavirus/bollettino/Report-C...

  Ipertensione arteriosa (high blood pressure) 76.1%
  Diabete mellito (diabetes) 35.5%
  Cardiopatia ischemica (heart disease) 33%
  Fibrillazione atriale (atrial fibrillation) 24.5%
  Cancro attivo negli ultimi 5 anni (cancer in past 5 years) 20.3%
  Insufficienza renale cronica (renal failure) 18%
  BPCO (COPD) 13.2%
  Ictus (stroke) 9.6%
  Demenza (dementia) 6.8%
  Epatopatia cronica (chronic liver disease) 3.1%

Note that the most of the people in this study were 70+ years old, and I have no idea what the typical prevalence of these diseases is among 70+ year old Italians.

[chewz]

> 70% of U.S. adults aged 65 years and older have high blood pressure (BP), and the prevalence increases with age.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5639920/

[laichzeit0]

High blood pressure, or related to the medication that people with high blood pressure take (ACE inhibitors)?

[DoofusOfDeath]

I haven't been able to figure out from the public statements regarding blood pressure: does the high mortality correspond to treated BP, untreated BP, or both?

[joeyh]

I have not seen any studies that broke it down. The studies out of China only had patients self-report other conditions.

[RHSeeger]

> Diabete mellito (diabetes) 35.5%

I'd be curious to know if their diabetes was well controlled prior to contracting the corona virus or if it was out of control and already a cause of risk. Did the corona virus _cause_ the problem, or just make it worse?

[asterisk_]

> Il numero medio di patologie osservate in questa popolazione è di 2.7 (mediana 2, Deviazione Standard 1.6)

It seems the above poses another question; is diabetes just confounding other underlying condition(s)?

Further, if most of the patients suffered from type 2 diabetes, it would likely correlate with older age in which case higher fatality rates are to be expected.

I was unable to find this info publicly available, but diabetes being one of the "2+ underlying conditions" seems probable.

[corpMaverick]

There has been some speculation that it may not be the desease itself but the treatment that was the cause of increased risk.

[bluemax]

As a type 1 diabetic I'm always a bit disappointed when diabetes is mentioned in an article without specifying the sub type. It makes me wonder if they only encountered type 2 diabetics, or other types as well.

[bryanrasmussen]

Well some of those are of course found among primarily old people, but as I understand it there are plenty of young people who are in critical condition in Italy as well.