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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 Mar 30;66(6):1101–1107. doi: 10.1111/jgs.15336

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics overall and by categories of multimorbidity and functional limitation

Multimorbidity/Functional Limitationa
Overall (N=2692) No/No
(N=674)
Yes/No
(N=932)
No/Yes
(N=248)
Yes/Yes
(N=838)
Demographics
Age, Mean (SD) 73.6 (12.6) 69.5 (13.3) 72.8 (11.2) 77.9 (12.7) 76.5 (12.3)
Male 1445 (53.7) 409 (60.7) 504 (54.1) 131 (52.8) 401 (47.9)
Education
 Non-high school graduate 304 (11.5) 52 (7.8) 100 (10.9) 32 (13.1) 120 (14.5)
  High school graduate 941 (35.5) 217 (32.6) 333 (36.4) 93 (38.1) 298 (36.1)
 Some college/college degree 1111 (41.9) 313 (47.0) 386 (42.1) 85 (34.8) 327 (39.6)
 Graduate school 296 (11.2) 84 (12.6) 97 (10.6) 34 (13.9) 81 (9.8)
Married 1564 (58.7) 431 (64.5) 590 (63.9) 124 (50.6) 419 (50.5)
Cardiovascular conditions
Hypertension 2164 (80.4) 444 (65.9) 814 (87.3) 168 (67.7) 738 (88.1)
Coronary artery disease 1398 (51.9) 291 (43.2) 528 (56.7) 110 (44.4) 469 (56.0)
Arrhythmia 1846 (68.6) 403 (59.8) 668 (71.7) 147 (59.3) 628 (74.9)
Hyperlipidemia 1981 (73.6) 417 (61.9) 765 (82.1) 122 (49.2) 677 (80.8)
Non-cardiovascular conditions
Arthritis 1078 (40.0) 82 (12.2) 460 (49.4) 32 (12.9) 504 (60.1)
Asthma 306 (11.4) 7 (1.0) 141 (15.1) 4 (1.6) 154 (18.4)
Cancer 835 (31.0) 78 (11.6) 406 (43.6) 27 (10.9) 324 (38.7)
Chronic kidney disease 764 (28.4) 36 (5.3) 320 (34.3) 12 (4.8) 396 (47.3)
Chronic pulmonary disease 548 (20.4) 28 (4.2) 234 (25.1) 17 (6.9) 269 (32.1)
Dementia 92 (3.4) 3 (0.5) 25 (2.7) 4 (1.6) 60 (7.2)
Depression 527 (19.6) 12 (1.8) 228 (24.5) 8 (3.2) 279 (33.3)
Diabetes 1224 (45.5) 119 (17.7) 560 (60.1) 49 (19.8) 496 (59.2)
Hepatitis 19 (0.71) 2 (0.30) 5 (0.54) 0 (0.00) 12 (1.43)
Osteoporosis 256 (9.5) 13 (1.9) 111 (11.9) 4 (1.6) 128 (15.3)
Schizophrenia 33 (1.2) 0 (0.00) 9 (1.0) 1 (0.40) 23 (2.7)
Substance abuse disorder 125 (4.6) 11 (1.6) 53 (5.7) 3 (1.2) 58 (6.9)
Stroke 354 (13.2) 15 (2.2) 151 (16.2) 7 (2.8) 181 (21.6)
Anxiety 311 (11.6) 15 (2.2) 144 (15.5) 5 (2.0) 147 (17.5)
ADLs, Median (Q1–Q3) 8.00 (8–11) 8.00 (8–8) 8.00(8–8) 11.00(10–15) 12.00 (10–16)

Data are presented as N (%) unless otherwise specified.

a

all p<0.05 for 3 df chi-square test for categorical variables and one way ANOVA for continuous variables.