Number and proportion of COVID-19-related threads and posts contained within COVID-19-related threads that mention a comorbidity
| Comorbidity | Number of threads, n (%)* | Number of posts contained within threads, n (%)† |
| No condition of interest | 2340 (70.0) | 34 201 (76.2) |
| Autoimmune disorders | 254 (7.6) | 2739 (6.1) |
| Cancer | 223 (6.7) | 2114 (4.7) |
| Respiratory | 150 (4.5) | 1905 (4.2) |
| Cardiovascular/stroke | 133 (4.0) | 1583 (3.5) |
| Diabetes | 45 (1.3) | 295 (0.7) |
| Mental disorders | 215 (6.4) | 2243 (5.0) |
Percentages do not add up to 100% because some threads contained mentions of more than one comorbidity.
*Percentage is calculated as number of mentions of comorbidities/total threads (N=3342).
†Percentage is calculated as number of posts/total posts (N=44 894).