Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics, overweight and lifestyle factors, for men and women, according to the presence of multimorbidity

Variables	Women			Men
	Multimorbiditya			Multimorbiditya
	No	Yes	p value	No	Yes	p value
Age (mean, standard deviation)	59.34 (8.73)	63.35 (10.04)	< 0.001	59.36 (7.98)	63.05 (9.16)	< 0.001
Schooling years			< 0.001			< 0.001
9 or more	42.12	34.63		43.65	36.09
8 or less	57.88	65.37		56.35	63.91
Self-reported skin color			0.930			0.418
White	42.84	43.05		41.98	43.72
Nonwhite	57.16	56.95		58.02	56.28
Current marital status			0.011			0.048
Married	59.42	53.93		74.82	78.11
Unmarried	40.58	46.07		25.18	21.89
Overweightb			< 0.001			< 0.001
No	33.48	26.15		37.41	30.86
Yes	66.52	73.85		62.59	69.14
At-risk alcohol consumptionc			0.045			< 0.001
No	92.85	95.16		77.62	84.52
Yes	7.15	4.84		22.38	15.48
Current or past smoking			0.781			< 0.001
No	55.14	55.66		38.83	31.68
Yes	44.86	44.34		61.17	68.32
Insufficient physical activityd			0.207			< 0.001
No	70.60	66.98		73.84	66.71
Yes	29.40	33.02		26.16	33.29
Below-recommended consumption of fruits and vegetablese			0.331			0.186
No	17.37	19.20		11.26	13.79
Yes	82.63	80.80		88.74	86.21

Brazilian longitudinal study of aging (ELSI-Brazil) 2015–2016

Values expressed as a percentage, unless otherwise specified

p value: Pearson’s test with Rao–Scott correction or linear regression t test

^aTwo or more of the 19 chronic diseases

^bBody mass index ≥ 25 kg/m²

^c ≥ 7 doses/week for women and ≥ 14 doses/week for men or 4 or more doses/day for women and 5 or more doses/day for men in the last 30 days

^dLess than 150 min/week, including walking and moderate or vigorous activities

^eConsumption of less than five servings per day in less than five days per week