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. 2019 Feb 27;34(6):944–951. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04896-w

Table 3.

Weighted Negative Binomial Regression of ADL-IADL on Multimorbidity Combinations Compared with Individuals with Only Diabetes (n = 211), and Individuals with Diabetes and Any One Additional Disease Within the Combination (Range, n = 196 to n = 706)

Group rank Model 1:
unadjusted
eb (95% CI)
Model 2:
minimally adjusted
eb (95% CI)*
Model 3:
fully adjusted
eb (95% CI)
Comparator: diabetes-only (n = 211)
Group 1: DM + ARTH + HTN 5.81 (2.79, 12.08) 3.02 (1.46, 6.28) 2.54 (1.22, 5.28)
Group 2: DM + HTN 2.86 (1.22, 6.70) 1.77 (0.90, 3.47) 1.84 (0.92, 3.68)
Group 3: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD 8.94 (4.53, 17.63) 3.52 (1.78, 6.94) 2.77 (1.32, 5.79)
Group 4: DM + ARTH 4.54 (1.74, 11.85) 4.93 (2.07, 11.77) 4.78 (1.86, 12.30)
Group 5: DM + ARTH + HTN + CESD 18.44 (9.16, 37.14) 12.84 (6.08, 27.14) 8.24 (3.45, 19.70)
Group 6: DM + ARTH + HTN + CA 5.42 (2.16, 13.59) 3.28 (0.90, 12.01) 1.16 (0.45, 2.98)
Group 7: DM + HTN + CVD 3.05 (1.12, 8.36) 1.63 (0.79, 3.36) 1.06 (0.51, 2.18)
Group 8: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + CESD 33.11 (14.10, 77.77) 22.76 (8.69, 59.63) 6.53 (2.16, 19.75)
Group 9: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + PLM 14.56 (7.14, 29.73) 11.03 (3.87, 31.46) 5.40 (1.78, 16.38)
Group 10: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + CA 10.67 (4.64, 24.52) 4.61 (1.99, 10.70) 3.99 (1.44, 11.02)
Group 11: DM + HTN + CESD 15.07 (5.72, 39.73) 9.49 (4.27, 21.13) 6.20 (2.51, 15.31)
Group 12: DM + ARTH + HTN + PLM 11.86 (4.85, 29.02) 7.34 (2.92, 18.44) 4.68 (1.70, 12.86)
Group 13: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + STK 20.17 (8.99, 45.23) 17.32 (6.08, 49.35) 12.23 (3.83, 39.09)
Group 14: DM + HTN + CA 7.76 (2.98, 20.19) 7.32 (2.21, 24.26) 2.24 (0.72, 6.92)
Group 15: DM + ARTH + HTN + STK 15.31 (6.26, 37.45) 6.57 (3.09, 13.97) 4.63 (1.90, 11.25)
Group 16: DM + ARTH + CVD 6.28 (2.49, 15.85) 8.19 (2.63, 25.51) 6.81 (1.90, 24.38)
Group 17: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + PLM + CESD 36.24 (17.89, 73.40) 31.66 (13.65, 73.41) 18.15 (6.25, 52.68)
Comparator: diabetes + one disease inside combination (range, n = 196 to n = 706)
Group 1: DM + ARTH + HTN 1.74 (1.13, 2.68) 1.25 (0.83, 1.90) 1.08 (0.71, 1.65)
Group 2: DM + HTN
Group 3: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD 2.69 (1.64, 4.42) 1.6 (0.93, 2.74) 1.31 (0.73, 2.37)
Group 4: DM + ARTH
Group 5: DM + ARTH + HTN + CESD 5.23 (3.04, 8.99) 4.8 (2.65, 8.69) 2.23 (1.12, 4.42)
Group 6: DM + ARTH + HTN + CA 1.67 (0.84, 3.35) 1.04 (0.42, 2.61) 0.62 (0.34, 1.13)
Group 7: DM + HTN + CVD 1.07 (0.44, 2.60) 0.74 (0.36, 1.54) 0.64 (0.27, 1.51)
Group 8: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + CESD 9.44 (5.95, 14.96) 6.72 (3.90, 11.59) 1.53 (0.77, 3.02)
Group 9: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + PLM 4.39 (2.48, 7.76) 3.5 (1.64, 7.46) 1.43 (0.63, 3.23)
Group 10: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + CA 3.3 (1.96, 5.57) 1.69 (0.87, 3.26) 1.46 (0.70, 3.06)
Group 11: DM + HTN + CESD 4.79 (2.10, 10.95) 5.4 (2.60, 11.22) 3.39 (1.62, 7.08)
Group 12: DM + ARTH + HTN + PLM 3.56 (1.70, 7.47) 2.57 (1.10, 6.01) 1.66 (0.61, 4.52)
Group 13: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + STK 6.06 (3.27, 11.22) 5.22 (2.60, 10.45) 3.47 (1.76, 6.84)
Group 14: DM + HTN + CA 2.82 (1.17, 6.83) 3.91 (1.49, 10.25) 1.47 (0.48, 4.44)
Group 15: DM + ARTH + HTN + STK 4.58 (2.25, 9.34) 2.91 (1.39, 6.11) 2.24 (0.82, 6.07)
Group 16: DM + ARTH + CVD 1.44 (0.66, 3.15) 2.53 (1.04, 6.18) 1.41 (0.56, 3.56)
Group 17: DM + ARTH + HTN + CVD + PLM + CESD 10.35 (6.74, 15.89) 10.44 (7.02, 15.55) 3.39 (1.52, 7.57)

*Adjusted for age, gender, education, baseline BMI, and race/ethnicity

Additionally adjusted for baseline ADL-IADL index and diabetes duration

NB: Italicized values represent statistically significant findings accounting for multiple comparisons using the Benjamini–Hochberg procedure with an uncorrected α-level of 0.050 and a corrected α-level of 0.029