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. 2018 Jun 22;3(3):e000874. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000874

Table 1.

Commonly occurring clusters of chronic condition

Condition 1 Condition 2 Association*
Ischaemic stroke Depression Relative risk: 3.1910
Diabetes Tuberculosis OR: 3.115
COPD Tuberculosis OR: 2.4711
HIV/AIDS CVD OR6:
On ART: 2.0
Not on ART: 1.6
Diabetes Ischaemic stroke Relative risk: 1.912
Depression Alzheimer’s and other dementias Relative risk: 1.8513

*OR or relative risk (RR) of having condition 2 for those with condition 1.

ART, antiretroviral therapy; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease (includes ischaemic stroke and ischaemic heart disease).