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. 2016 Apr 7;2016:2497637. doi: 10.1155/2016/2497637

Table 3.

Percentage of users having a chronic disease associated with multiple morbidities, 2003–2005 and 2008–2010.

Cardiac Respiratory Musculoskeletal Cardiometabolic Other chronic diseases
2003–2005 2008–2010 p 2003–2005 2008–2010 p 2003–2005 2008–2010 p 2003–2005 2008–2010 p 2003–2005 2008–2010 p
(n = 459) (n = 634) (n = 904) (n = 1030) (n = 1452) (n = 1755) (n = 1486) (n = 2253) (n = 1934) (n = 1750)
% % % % % % % % % %
Cardiac 13.3 14.2 0.566 13.9 15.8 0.139 19.7 20.3 0.672 15.7 13.5 0.061
Respiratory 26.1 23.0 0.237 20.9 20.6 0.867 15.3 16.3 0.407 20.9 18.2 0.038
Musculoskeletal 44.0 43.7 0.917 33.5 35.1 0.452 41.9 39.9 0.208 37.1 34.6 0.122
Cardiometabolic 63.5 72.1 0.004 25.1 35.6 <0.001 42.9 51.2 <0.001 34.7 38.8 0.011
Other chronic diseases 66.0 37.2 <0.001 44.7 30.9 <0.001 49.4 34.5 <0.001 45.2 30.1 <0.001

Difference of proportions test.