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. 2023 Jun 27;9:e45848. doi: 10.2196/45848

Table 2.

Top 10 conditions in terms of the observed/expected ratio and exclusivity for the heart & circulatory and mental & neurodegenerative patterns.

Pattern and disease Multimorbidity & frailty Multimorbidity & age

OEa ratio Exclusivity, % OE ratio Exclusivity, %
Heart & circulatory





Heart failure 7.86b 54.38b 7.67b 55.57b

Cardiac valve diseases 7.37b 50.98b 7.24b 52.47b

Atrial fibrillation 6.54b 45.29b 6.46b 46.81b

Bradycardia and conduction diseases 5.75b 39.83b 5.87b 42.57b

Ischemic heart disease 3.69b 25.51b 3.62b 26.22b

Chronic kidney diseases 2.30b 15.95 2.23b 16.17

Anemia 2.29b 15.85 2.21b 16.05

Cerebrovascular disease 2.16b 14.93 2.13b 15.41

COPDc, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis 2.07b 14.33 1.99 14.43

Inflammatory arthropaties 1.86 12.85 N/Ad N/A

Chronic pancreas diseases, and biliary tract and gallbladder diseases N/A N/A 1.75 12.67
Mental & neurodegenerative





Parkinson disease and parkisonism 19.98b 90.67b 9.24b 73.46b

Other neurological diseases 18.54b 84.14b 4.68b 37.19b

Dementia 2.24b 10.18 6.95b 55.24b

Cerebrovascular disease 2.10b 9.53 3.39b 26.92b

Depression and mood diseases 1.76 8.00 2.20b 17.50b

Colitis and related diseases 1.48 6.71 1.83 14.59

Anemia 1.38 6.28 2.17b 17.26

Sleep disorders 1.37 6.22 N/A N/A

Other digestive diseases 1.35 6.11 4.57b 36.36b

Dorsopathies 1.33 6.05 N/A N/A

Chronic kidney diseases N/A N/A 1.65 13.10

Deafness and hearing impairment N/A N/A 1.47 11.69

aOE: observed/expected.

bThe conditions used to name the pattern. The conditions for the rest of the patterns can be found in Multimedia Appendix 4.

cCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

dN/A: not applicable.