Table 4.

Self-reported disease conditions and number of medications (N = 783)

Characteristics	n	%
Disease categoriesa
CVD	628	80.2
DM	530	67.7
Respiratory disease	190	24.3
Mood disorder	224	28.6
Comorbidity mean ± SD (range)	2.0 ± 0.9 (0–4)
One disease category	222	28.4
Two disease categories	345	44.1
Three disease categories	164	20.9
Four disease categories	42	5.4
Noneb	10	1.3
Medications mean ± SD (range)	4.0 ± 2.6 (1–18)
One medication	115	14.7
Two medications	129	16.5
Three medications	154	19.7
Four medications	118	15.1
Five and six medications	162	20.7
Seven or more medications	105	13.4

Notes:

^aA “yes” on one or more of 18 listed conditions; 11 for CVD, two for DM, two respiratory diseases, and three for mood disorder (other options were: “no”, “sometimes”, and “I don’t know”).

^bHad no “yes” on any of the 18 listed conditions.

Abbreviations: CVDs, cardiovascular diseases; DM, diabetes mellitus.