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. 2011 Feb 3;11:77. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-77

Table 2.

Prevalence of index and comorbid conditions, proportion with activity limitation, and population-associated fractions(%) for activity limitation for index-comorbid condition pairs.

Chronic conditions

Index condition CVD Diabetes Respiratory disease Arthritis/rheumatism Back problems Other chronic conditions

Prevalence of condition (%) 20.1 5.5 12.2 18.5 20.5 15.7
Proportion with activity limitation (%) 51.4 53.3 49.8 63.8 57.3 22.0
Comorbid chronic conditions

Proportion who have comorbid condition (%) CVD - 16.5 14.3 38.3 26.9 19.4
Diabetes 60.2 - 15.3 39 25.6 8.1
Respiratory disease 27.4 8.1 - 29.9 32.4 32.4
Proportion with index and comorbid condition with activity limitation (%) CVD - 60.7 68.9 71.3 70.4 39.3
Diabetes 60.7 - 69.5 72.7 73.6 36.5
Respiratory disease 68.9 69.5 - 75.3 68 30.9
Population Associated Fraction(%) CVD - 2.6 3.8 19.8 11.6 2.5
Diabetes 13.4 - 2.9 17.8 9.4 0.8
Respiratory disease 3.1 0 - 12.5 13.4 0

adjusted for other comorbidities, age, gender, race, education, income and BMI