Table 1.

List of 12 Chronic Conditions Used to Characterize Multimorbidity in a Sample of ≥80-Year Old Women From the Women’s Health Initiative Study

Chronic Condition	Definition/Characterization
1.Coronary disease	One or more of the following: coronary artery bypass graft, coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, clinical myocardial infarction, or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
2.Stroke	One or more of the following: carotid artery disease, stroke, transient ischemic attack
3.Cancer	Any cancer, excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer
4.Diabetes (16)	Self-reported physician-diagnosis of diabetes plus treatment (pills, insulin) for diabetes
5.Hip fracture	Broken hip
6.Osteoarthritis	Self-reported physician-diagnosis
7.Depression	Self-reported treatment (pills or therapy) for depression
8.Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Self-reported physician-diagnosis
9.Cognitive impairment	Self-reported physician diagnosis with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease or having a last measured 3MSE score of ≤88 (14,15)
10.Sensory impairment	Self-reported trouble with vision or hearing loss that was moderate or severe
11.Frequent faller	Self-reported ≥2 falls in the 12 months prior to September 2012
12.Urinary incontinence	Self-reported urinary leakage that is very or extremely bothersome