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Table 3 Morbidity characteristics of individuals assigned to Classes of multimorbidity

From: Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in Australian baby boomers: the Busselton healthy ageing study

 

ALL

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

(N = 5029)

Relatively healthy

Predominant respiratory & atopy

Multi-morbid non-cardio-metabolic

Multi-morbid cardio-metabolic and other

Number assigned to class

5029 (100%)

3541 (70.4%)

529 (10.5%)

691 (13.7%)

268 (5.3%)

Mean number of conditions

2.75

1.95

3.65

4.77

6.32

Condition

Prevalence

(%)

Probability

(%)

Probability

(%)

Probability

(%)

Probability

(%)

Atopy

54.4

52.3

82.0

40.8

62.7

Arthritis

25.1

13.3

24.6

77.1

48.1

Bowel disease

23.3

16.5

21.9

54.1

35.4

Liver disease

23.1

21.9

23.3

15.8

57.5

Depression/anxiety

20.5

13.3

14.7

54.6

38.4

Bronchitis

17.6

11.8

20.6

37.8

36.9

Eye condition

14.6

10.8

11.9

30.4

29.1

Asthma

14.2

0.1

99.1

14.5

32.5

Heart disease

9.7

7.7

9.1

7.4

44.0

Thyroid disease

8.6

5.2

7.6

25.8

12.3

Low back pain

8.5

1.6

4.7

37.5

32.5

Skin cancer

8.2

8.7

4.7

8.7

6.3

OSA

8.1

5.8

2.5

12.4

37.3

Hearing impairment

7.1

6.0

3.6

11.6

16.4

Diabetes

7.0

4.2

0.0

4.3

64.6

Non skin cancer

6.7

5.0

6.2

14.2

10.8

COPD

5.7

2.7

19.3

8.4

13.1

Kidney disease

5.2

3.4

2.6

10.0

20.9

Osteoporosis

3.4

2.7

4.2

7.7

0.4

Stroke

2.1

0.9

0.8

2.5

20.1

Peripheral artery disease

1.9

1.2

1.5

1.6

12.3