Table 6.

ORs (and 95% CIs) for multimorbidity associated with 10 most common chronic health problems in women and men

		Multimorbidity
		≥2 chronic health problems				≥3 chronic health problems
ICPC2 code	Chronic health problem	%	OR	95% CI	p value	%	OR	95% CI	p value
Women (n=1279)
T93	Lipid disorder	96.5	21.1	12.6 to 35.3	<0.001	86.8	11.3	8.3 to 15.4	<0.001
K86	Hypertension, uncomplicated	93.7	10.1	6.7 to 15.3	<0.001	78.7	5.0	3.8 to 6.5	<0.001
P76	Depressive disorder	88.4	4.0	2.7 to 5.8	<0.001	75.0	3.2	2.4 to 4.2	<0.001
T82	Obesity	93.5	7.1	3.9 to 12.8	<0.001	82.1	4.6	3.1 to 6.8	<0.001
L86	Back syndrome with radiating pain	98.8	42.5	10.5 to 172.4	<0.001	89.5	8.7	5.3 to 14.5	<0.001
K95	Varicose veins of leg	96.3	12.7	5.6 to 29.0	<0.001	85.2	5.7	3.6 to 8.9	<0.001
T90	Diabetes, non-insulin dependent	99.3	74.4	10.4 to 533.7	<0.001	90.8	9.9	5.7 to 17.4	<0.001
P74	Anxiety disorder/anxiety state	91.9	5.3	2.8 to 9.9	<0.001	76.5	3.0	2.0 to 4.5	<0.001
L90	Osteoarthritis of knee	99.2	62.3	8.7 to 447.5	<0.001	93.1	13.4	6.8 to 26.7	<0.001
T83	Overweight	95.2	9.3	4.1 to 21.4	<0.001	81.7	4.2	2.6 to 6.7	<0.001
Men (n=714)
T93	Lipid disorder	95.9	16.0	8.9 to 28.8	<0.001	85.9	8.5	5.8 to 12.3	<0.001
K86	Hypertension, uncomplicated	93.6	8.9	5.4 to 14.7	<0.001	80.8	4.8	3.4 to 6.8	<0.001
T90	Diabetes, non-insulin dependent	95.6	9.6	4.6 to 20.0	<0.001	87.3	6.1	3.8 to 9.8	<0.001
T82	Obesity	98.6	28.7	7.0 to 117.5	<0.001	91.4	8.9	4.8 to 16.4	<0.001
Y85	Benign prostatic hypertrophy	97.4	14.8	4.7 to 47.3	<0.001	90.5	7.5	3.9 to 14.2	<0.001
K87	Hypertension, complicated	100.0	–	–	–	97.1	26.2	8.2 to 83.6	<0.001
T83	Overweight	95.4	7.6	2.7 to 21.0	<0.001	87.4	5.0	2.6 to 9.6	<0.001
L86	Back syndrome with radiating pain	91.1	3.6	1.6 to 8.0	0.001	79.7	2.7	1.5 to 4.8	<0.001
L90	Osteoarthritis of knee	100.0	–	–	–	93.3	9.8	3.5 to 27.5	<0.001
P76	Depressive disorder	93.8	5.1	1.6 to 16.6	0.003	83.3	3.3	1.5 to 7.2	0.001