Table 3: Underlying risk factors.

Underlying risk factors

 

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Hypertension

197

47.6

Diabetes

194

46.9

Obesity

88

21

Newly diagnosed

42

10

Chronic Kidney disease

43

10

Ischemic heart disease

40

9.7

Smoker

28

6.8

Asthma

15

3.6

Malignancy

12

2.91