Table 1.

Definition of 12 Chronic Conditions and Assigned Weighted Score in Multimorbidity Count and Multimorbidity Score Outcomes

Chronic Condition	Definition	Weighted Score
Stroke	One or more of the following: carotid artery disease, stroke, and transient ischemic attack	18.4
Coronary disease	One or more of the following: coronary heart disease, clinical myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, coronary artery bypass graft, or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty	16.5
Cancer	Any cancer (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer)	15.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Self-reported physician diagnosis	14.6
Sensory impairment	Self-reported moderate to severe trouble with vision or hearing loss	13.0
Diabetes	Self-reported physician diagnosis of diabetes and treatment for diabetes (pills and insulin)	11.7
Frequent faller	Self-reported ≥2 falls within 1 year	7.5
Cognitive impairment	Self-reported physician diagnosis with dementia or Alzheimer’s	6.4
Hip fracture	Broken hip	4.5
Osteoarthritis	Self-reported physician diagnosis	4.0
Depression	Self-reported treatment for depression (pills or therapy)	3.1
Urinary incontinence	Self-reported very or extremely bothersome urinary leakage	1.0