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Cushing's disease and Disease

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Difference between Cushing's disease and Disease

Cushing's disease vs. Disease

Cushing's disease is a cause of Cushing's syndrome characterised by increased secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the anterior pituitary (secondary hypercortisolism). A disease is any condition which results in the disorder of a structure or function in an organism that is not due to any external injury.

Similarities between Cushing's disease and Disease

Cushing's disease and Disease have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Comorbidity, Diabetes mellitus, Hypertension, Incidence (epidemiology), Obesity, Prevalence.

Comorbidity

In medicine, comorbidity is the presence of one or more additional diseases or disorders co-occurring with (that is, concomitant or concurrent with) a primary disease or disorder; in the countable sense of the term, a comorbidity (plural comorbidities) is each additional disorder or disease.

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

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Hypertension

Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

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Incidence (epidemiology)

Incidence in epidemiology is a measure of the probability of occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.

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Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health.

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Prevalence

Prevalence in epidemiology is the proportion of a particular population found to be affected by a medical condition (typically a disease or a risk factor such as smoking or seat-belt use).

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Cushing's disease and Disease Comparison

Cushing's disease has 62 relations, while Disease has 248. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 1.94% = 6 / (62 + 248).

References

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