Table 4.
Factors associated with multimorbidity by sex and age groups
|
Female | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
19-24 |
25-44 |
45-64 |
65-79 |
80+ |
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| OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | OR | 95% CI | P-value | |
|
Number of acute diseases(ref.0) |
|
|
0.030 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
| 1 |
0.94 |
0.89-0.99 |
|
0.88 |
0.86-0.90 |
|
0.82 |
0.80-0.84 |
|
0.98 |
0.92-1.03 |
|
1.16 |
1.05-1.28 |
|
| 2 |
0.95 |
0.89-1.01 |
|
0.86 |
0.83-0.88 |
|
0.76 |
0.73-0.78 |
|
1.05 |
0.96-1.15 |
|
1.54 |
1.31-1.80 |
|
| ≥3 |
1.02 |
0.95-1.09 |
|
0.89 |
0.87-0.92 |
|
0.78 |
0.75-0.81 |
|
1.29 |
1.14-1.46 |
|
1.99 |
1.59-2.47 |
|
|
Rural area (ref. urban) |
0.94 |
0.89-0.99 |
0.025 |
0.94 |
0.92-0.96 |
<0.001 |
0.80 |
0.78-0.82 |
<0.001 |
0.69 |
0.65-0.73 |
<0.001 |
0.76 |
0.70-0.83 |
<0.001 |
|
Number of visits (ref. 0) |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
| 1-2 |
2.09 |
1.93-2.26 |
|
2.34 |
2.28-2.14 |
|
3.40 |
3.30-3.51 |
|
3.62 |
3.38-3.87 |
|
3.41 |
3.08-3.78 |
|
| 3-5 |
3.52 |
3.25-3.80 |
|
4.04 |
3.93-4.15 |
|
7.54 |
7.31-7.77 |
|
10.18 |
9.54-10.86 |
|
8.36 |
7.55-9.27 |
|
| 6-10 |
5.69 |
5.25-6.17 |
|
7.11 |
6.91-7.32 |
|
16.28 |
15.76-16.81 |
|
25.98 |
24.28-27.80 |
|
18.86 |
16.99-20.94 |
|
| ≥11 |
9.93 |
9.09-10.85 |
|
14.52 |
14.05-14.99 |
|
43.03 |
41.39-44.73 |
|
90.81 |
83.74-98.48 |
|
45.19 |
40.69-50.19 |
|
|
Male | |||||||||||||||
| |
19-24 |
25-44 |
45-64 |
65-79 |
80+ |
||||||||||
| |
OR |
95% CI |
P-value |
OR |
95% CI |
P-value |
OR |
95% CI |
P-value |
OR |
95% CI |
P-value |
OR |
95% CI |
P-value |
|
Number of acute diseases(ref.0) |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
0.590 |
| 1 |
0.78 |
0.73-0.83 |
|
0.71 |
0.70-0.73 |
|
0.67 |
0.65-0.69 |
|
0.84 |
0.80-0.89 |
|
1.07 |
0.95-1.21 |
|
| 2 |
0.79 |
0.73-0.86 |
|
0.64 |
0.62-0.66 |
|
0.58 |
0.56-0.60 |
|
0.78 |
0.72-0.85 |
|
1.08 |
0.89-1.31 |
|
| ≥3 |
0.76 |
0.69-0.83 |
|
0.60 |
0.58-0.62 |
|
0.55 |
0.52-0.57 |
|
0.86 |
0.77-0.97 |
|
1.12 |
0.88-1.42 |
|
|
Rural area (ref. urban) |
0.94 |
0.88-1.00 |
0.045 |
0.95 |
0.93-0.97 |
<0.001 |
0.87 |
0.85-0.89 |
<0.001 |
0.71 |
0.68-0.75 |
<0.001 |
0.79 |
0.71-0.88 |
<0.001 |
|
Number of visits (ref. 0) |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
|
|
<0.001 |
| 1-2 |
2.32 |
2.15-2.50 |
|
2.67 |
2.60-2.75 |
|
3.57 |
3.47-3.67 |
|
3.58 |
3.35-3.82 |
|
3.33 |
2.89-3.85 |
|
| 3-5 |
3.93 |
3.64-4.25 |
|
5.18 |
5.04-5.33 |
|
8.20 |
7.97-8.43 |
|
9.66 |
9.06-10.30 |
|
8.62 |
7.50-9.92 |
|
| 6-10 |
6.51 |
5.97-7.09 |
|
9.62 |
9.33-9.92 |
|
17.78 |
17.24-18.34 |
|
24.51 |
22.93-26.19 |
|
22.07 |
19.13-25.47 |
|
| ≥11 | 10.86 | 9.82-12.01 | 20.58 | 19.86-21.32 | 45.13 | 43.43-46.90 | 76.41 | 70.68-82.60 | 51.32 | 44.49-59.19 | |||||
Logistic regression.
Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ref. reference.