Table 3 The association between chronic diseases and the age of the new staff attending staff medical center at Hamad Medical Corporation (N = 3,097)

Any chronic disease

 < 0.001*

 Yes

317 (24.0%)

474 (33.3%)

165 (47.0%)

 No

1003 (76.0%)

948 (66.7%)

186 (53.0%)

Hypertension

 < 0.001*

 Yes

35 (2.7%)

104 (7.3%)

89 (25.4%)

 No

1285 (97.3%)

1318 (92.7%)

262 (74.6%)

Pre-Diabetes

 < 0.001*

 Yes

26 (2.0%)

76 (5.3%)

27 (7.7%)

 No

1294 (98.0%)

1346 (94.7%)

324 (92.3%)

Diabetes

 < 0.001*

 Yes

87 (6.6%)

192 (13.5%)

69 (19.7%)

 No

1233 (93.4%)

1230 (86.5%)

282 (80.3%)

Dyslipidaemia

 < 0.001*

 Yes

21 (1.6%)

54 (3.8%)

41 (11.7%)

 No

1299 (98.4%)

1368 (96.2%)

310 (88.3%)

CVD

0.001*

 Yes

3 (0.2%)

8 (0.6%)

7 (2.0%)

 No

1317 (99.8%)

1414 (99.4%)

344 (98.0%)

Chronic lung disease

0.001*

 Yes

61 (4.6%)

33 (2.3%)

7 (2.0%)

 No

1259 (95.4%)

1389 (97.7%)

344 (98.0%)

Chronic kidney disease

0.374

 Yes

4 (0.3%)

7 (0.5%)

3 (0.9%)

 No

1316 (99.7%)

1415 (99.5%)

348 (99.1%)

Thyroid disease

0.057*

 Yes

109 (8.3%)

153 (10.8%)

39 (11.1%)

 No

1211 (91.7%)

1269 (89.2%)

312 (88.9%)

Stroke

0.617

 Yes

1 (0.1%)

2 (0.1%)

1 (0.3%)

 No

1319 (99.9%)

1420 (99.9%)

350 (99.7%)

Cancer

0.003*

 Yes

0 (0.0%)

9 (0.6%)

4 (1.1%)

 No

1320 (100.0%)

1413 (99.4%)

347 (98.9%)

Depression

0.172

 Yes

18 (1.4%)

13 (0.9%)

1 (0.3%)

 No

1302 (98.6%)

1409 (99.1%)

350 (99.7%)

Anxiety

 < 0.001*

 Yes

43 (3.3%)

19 (1.3%)

3 (0.9%)

 No

1277 (96.7%)

1403 (98.7%)

348 (99.1%)

Stress

0.026*

 Yes

8 (0.6%)

1 (0.1%)

12 (0.4%)

 No

1312 (99.4%)

1421 (99.9%)

348 (99.1%)