Table 3.
Frequency of the main illnesses and multimorbidity in Mexican centenarians by gender.
| Variable | Total n (%) 393 |
Women n (%) 299 (76.0) |
Men n (%) 94 (23.9) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multimorbidity | 0.35 | |||
| 0 diseases | 98 (24.9) | 79 (26.3) | 19 (22.2) | |
| 1 disease | 133 (33.8) | 102 (34.0) | 31 (33.9) | |
| ≥2 diseases | 162 (41.2) | 118 (39.6) | 44 (41.4) | |
| Osteoarthrosis (yes) | 143 (36.3) | 104 (34.7) | 39 (39.4) | 0.37 |
| Hypertension (yes) | 136 (34.6) | 112 (37.4) | 24 (25.5) | 0.01 |
| Benign prostatic hyperplasia (yes) | 28 (29.7) | — | 28 (29.7) | — |
| Cardiovascular disease (yes) | 59 (15.0) | 43 (14.3) | 16 (17.0) | 0.53 |
| Pain (yes) | 45 (11.4) | 35 (11.7) | 10 (10.6) | 0.77 |
| COPD (yes) | 32 (8.1) | 21 (7.0) | 11 (11.7) | 0.14 |
| Acute respiratory disease (yes) | 31 (7.8) | 23 (7.6) | 8 (10.6) | 0.36 |
| Cerebrovascular disease (yes) | 22 (5.5) | 14 (4.6) | 8 (8.5) | 0.15 |
| Osteoporosis | 18 (4.5) | 16 (5.3) | 2 (2.1) | 0.19 |
| Type 2 diabetes (yes) | 19 (4.8) | 12 (4.0) | 7 (7.4) | 0.17 |
| Parkinson's disease (yes) | 9 (3.0) | 9 (3.0) | 0 (0) | — |
| Cancer (yes)& | 17 (4.3) | 16 (5.3) | 1 (0.9) | 0.04& |
| Dyslipidemia (yes)& | 7 (1.8) | 5 (1.6) | 2 (1.0) | 0.44& |
| Chronic kidney disease (yes)& | 6 (1.5) | 5 (1.3) | 1 (2,1) | 0.55& |
| Hypothyroidism (yes)& | 4 (1.0) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (1.0) | 0.65& |
| Hepatic disease (yes)& | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 0 | . |
Differences in percentages were analyzed through the Chi2 test except for those marked by “&” which were analyzed through Fisher's exact test.