“…In our cohort, the most common comorbidities were AH (62%), ischemic heart disease (45%), heart failure, (34%), AF (32%), and DM (23%). Certain upper GIB studies in patients receiving APT/AC treatment also reported a high prevalence of AH and cardiovascular diseases, but also of DM ( 1 , 16 , 20 ). In the study by Jorgensen et al, DM and AF were identified as risk factors for a fatal outcome in univariate analysis, but in multivariate analysis none of the variables remained significant ( 1 ).…”