Demographics of the patient cohort, n=118
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Men | 63 (53) |
| Women | 55 (47) |
| Age, n (%) | |
| <60 years | 42 (36) |
| >60 years | 76 (64) |
| Specialty consulted, n (%) | |
| Cardiology | 27 (23) |
| Respiratory | 23 (19) |
| Gastroenterology | 23 (19) |
| Endocrinology | 25 (21) |
| Unknowna | 20 (17) |
↵aThe unknown group had consulted one of the four listed specialties, however, the participant did not answer the question detailing which specialty they had encountered, so have been grouped as ‘unknown’.