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Table 3 Chronic conditions with high and with low relative risk for multimorbidity according to gender and age groups

From: Which chronic diseases and disease combinations are specific to multimorbidity in the elderly? Results of a claims data based cross-sectional study in Germany

Diagnosis group

RR all

RR women

RR men

RR age 65-74

RR age 75+

High relative risk for multimorbidity

Renal insufficiency

25.5

34.3

23.2

32.6

17.2

Obesity

20.3

19.0

22.1

20.8

26.3

Liver disease

18.1

19.3

17.9

18.4

21.8

Chronic cholecystitis/gallstones

17.8

16.5

19.1

19.5

14.4

Intestinal diverticulosis

17.1

18.8

14.9

16.1

20.0

Urinary tract calculi

16.7

27.0

15.5

17.8

17.9

Purine/pyrimidine metabolism disorders/Gout

16.2

31.4

12.9

15.5

18.2

Atherosclerosis/PAOD

16.1

16.8

16.2

18.0

12.1

Anemia

15.8

17.3

14.5

20.8

10.5

Neuropathy

15.2

14.9

15.6

17.5

11.6

Low relative risk for multimorbidity

Hypertension

3.7

3.4

4.1

3.9

3.2

Dementias

3.9

3.4

4.9

4.6

2.6

Cancers

4.3

4.4

4.5

4.2

4.2

Severe vision reduction

4.5

4.4

4.6

4.5

4.0

  1. RR = risk ratio (or relative risk)